3 Eggs
1 c Oil
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 c Flour
1 ts Ea: allspice; cinnamon,
-salt, soda; cloves, &
-nutmeg
1 c Each: buttermilk; fig
-preserves; & chopped pecans
1 ts Vanilla
-ICING-
1 c Sugar
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Soda
1 Stick butter
1 tb White corn syrup
1/2 ts Vanilla
Beat eggs. Add sugar & oil. Sift flour, salt, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg &
cloves. Mix soda & buttermilk & add alternately with flour mixture to
egg-sugar mixture while beating with mixer. Mix well. Add vanilla, pecans &
fig preserves. Bake in greased & floured 13×9-inch pan at 350 for 35-40
minutes. When cooked, add icing while still warm. Icing: Combine
ingredients in large pan. Bring to a boil & boil 3 minutes. Pour over cake.
ANN BUSH
From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers’ Assn, Helena-West
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
12 Servings