My parents have a huge fig tree in the back yard and this time it's loaded with gigantic figs. As a kid, I loved eating them raw, fresh off the tree. Now, not so much. So I have been trying to find recipes for them. Here's one that I modified and made my own. My next experiment will be using fig preserves in the place of fresh figs.
Fig Cake
This is sort of like a coffee cake or quick bread.
You'll need the following ingredients:
2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg (too much nutmeg for me. Next time, 1/2 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup canola oil
You'll need the following ingredients:
2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg (too much nutmeg for me. Next time, 1/2 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup butter flavored crisco, melted
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped figs
1 cup toasted chopped pecans (optional)
Stir together the dry ingredients; stir in egg, oils, and buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Fold in figs and pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan.
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped figs
1 cup toasted chopped pecans (optional)
Stir together the dry ingredients; stir in egg, oils, and buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Fold in figs and pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan.
Bake at 325° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. I sifted a little bit of confectioners sugar over the top of it.
This is a re-post from a few years back. I am trying to collect and copy all of my recipe posts from the past in this blog. (wish me luck with that) ;)
I love recipes that call for fruit already available and easily picked in your backyard, family trees, etc. When I worked at my old job (for the custom home builder, remember?) they had pear trees in the yard outside the office and I always got pears to pick every year for pear bread (a recipe I got from Miss Francis, my boss' mother). So when I lost my job and we moved, it was so sad to lose those yearly pears. Then my in-laws bought a new house last year, and guess what was in the back yard?? A PEAR TREE!! And they don't even really eat the pears -- MAJOR SCORE for ME!! LOL
ReplyDeleteThis recipe looks delicious. I wonder if you could find a recipe similar to fig newtons. I love those things! Or do a search on foodgawker for "figs" -- see what pops up! :D
Mia, Libby just copies this out. I suspect I will be eating this when our figs get ripe we have a Brown Turkey Fig tree that produces well in the summer. There would be enough figs for a lot of desserts if Libby didn't stand on a stool and eat the figs right off the tree. But, she is to lazy to do anything but eat the "very fresh before the birds get to them.
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