Loaf Fig Cake

Ingredients

• one-half pound of figs
• one cup of raisins
• one cup nutmeats
• one cup currants
• one-half cup water
• one cup brown sugar
• half cup butter
• two eggs
• three tablespoons sour cream
• two cups flour
• one teaspoon soda
• one teaspoon cinnamon
• one-half nutmeg
• one-fourth teaspoon cloves

Method

1. 1

   Soak figs overnight, drain, and mix with raisins, nutmeats, and currants.

2. 2

   Cook in water until thick.

3. 3

   For the cake, cream brown sugar and butter, add eggs, sour cream, flour, soda, and spices.

4. 4

   Stir in fig mixture and bake slowly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Loaf Fig Cake. Soak one-half pound of figs over night, in the morning drain off water and add one cup of raisins, one cup nutmeats, one cup currants, chopped fine, then cook all in one-half cup water, until thick; set off to cool while making cake. For cake. — One cup brown sugar, half cup butter, two eggs, three tablespoons sour cream, two cups flour, one tea- spoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half nutmeg, one-fourth teaspoon cloves

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