Title: Fig Cake (Sikopita)
Categories: Cake Dessert Greek Blank
Yield: 16 Servings

2	c	Flour
1 1/2	c	Sugar
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Cinnamon
1	ts	Nutmeg
1/4	ts	Cloves; ground
3		Eggs
1	c	Fig preserves
1	c	Oil
1	c	Buttermilk
1	tb	Vanilla
		Glaze:
1/2		Stick butter; (1/4 cup)
1/2	c	Sugar
1	tb	Light corn syrup
1/4	ts	Baking soda

Heat oven to 325 F. Combine cake ingredients and mix well. Pour into a 9x13" greased cake pan; bake for 45 minutes. Make glaze by combining ingredients and boiling for 3 minutes. Pour over cake while cake is warm. May be served with whipped cream or whipped topping or plain. Note: applesauce may be substitute for fig preserves. The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, favorite recipes compiled by the Philoptochos Society of St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, Melbourne, Florida, 1981 MC formatting by bobbi744@sojourn. com

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #5 by fatfree-request@fatfree.com on Sep 18, 1997

Recipe by: The Greeks Have a Recipe for It, subm. Grace Koumoundoureas

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