Fig Spice Cake

Name: Fig Spice Cake
Ingredients: 1 lb. dried figs (16 figs); 1/2 c. fig juice; 1/2 c. sour milk; 1 c. sugar; 1/2 c. butter; 2 eggs; 2 c. cake flour; 1 tsp. any baking powder; 1 tsp. salt; 1/2 tsp. cinnamon; 1/4 tsp. cloves; 1/2 tsp. soda; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1 c. broken nut meats or raisins

14 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 lb. dried figs (16 figs)
1/2 c. fig juice
1/2 c. sour milk
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
2 eggs
2 c. cake flour
1 tsp. any baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. broken nut meats or raisins

Directions

1

Stew figs.
2

Preserved figs, well drained, may be substituted in which case add 1 teaspoonful lemon juice.
3

Cool, drain, then cut the figs into 1/4-inch cubes.
4

Measure, packing rather closely, 2 cupfuls of figs.
5

Combine fig juice and sour milk.
6

Sift before measuring sugar.
7

Beat butter until soft.
8

Add the sugar gradually. Blend these ingredients until they are very light and creamy.
9

Beat eggs in one at a time.