Fig Preserve Cake With A Buttermilk Glaze

Fig Preserve Cake With A Buttermilk Glaze
Gluten Free Does Not Have To Be Boring!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 60-75 minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup gluten free flour

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/2 cup almond flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground allspice

1 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp ground ginger

3 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 cup buttermilk

1 tbsp vanilla

1 (11.5 oz.) jar fig preserve

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Cooking Tools

Large mixing bowl

Bundt pan

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.  Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, add; oil, eggs & melted butter, mixing well. Add in buttermilk, vanilla, Fig preserve and pecans.  Pour batter into a greased & floured Bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.  let cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan. Drizzle warm Buttermilk glaze on top before serving.

Buttermilk Glaze
Ingredients
1/4 cup Buttermilk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp
1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla bean extract


Cooking Tools
Small saucepan



Directions
Combine ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil and remove from heat. Whisk until smooth. 

Southern Cracker Candy

Southern Cracker Candy
A Yummy Southern Treat!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

30 Keebler Club Crackers

2 sticks unsalted butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped pecans

1 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking Tools

10 X 15 sheet pan

Parchment paper

Small saucepan

Directions
Preheat oven to 300 Degrees F. Line sheet pan with parchment paper. Line club cracker on parchment paper. Heat butter, vanilla extract and brown sugar in a saucepan, bring to a boil for 3 minutes, then pour over crackers then place in oven for 5 minutes.  Spread chocolate chip and chopped pecans evenly over crackers. Cut into chunks or squares before completely cooled. Store in refrigerator after completely cooled.
Serves 8 

Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird Cake
Celebrating Our 500th Recipe On Our Blog!!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time: 25 minutes 
Cooling Time: 1 hour

Ingredients
3 cups All-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
2 large ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup butter, softened + greasing
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups fresh pineapple, chopped & drained
Edible flowers

Cooking Tools
3  8" cake round pans
2 large mixing bowls
Small mixing bowl
Parchment paper
Flour sifter
Large whisk
Cooling rack
Off- set icing spatula
Hand mixer

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.  Grease cake pans with butter, cut parchment into rounds to fit bottom of pan and grease the parchment paper.  In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg.  In a small mixing bowl, mix together the smashed bananas, pineapple, oil, vanilla and eggs. Add all the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and blend well with a large whisk.  Divide batter among the 3 prepped cake pans.  Bake for 25 minutes, insert wooden toothpick in the center to make sure the toothpick comes out clean.  Cool cake completely on a cooling rack before layering with filling and icing the cake. Once cakes are cooled, cut the cakes to make it more level if necessary.  Spread Pineapple Pecan Filling (recipe below) between layer.  Spread Cream Cheese Icing (recipe below)  Frost icing starting at the top and lightly ice on the sides, leaving the layers exposed.  Cook's Note:  Their will be icing leftover, you can use more icing on the cake or use for other baked goods.  Add edible flowers on top and cascading down the cake.
Serves 6-8

Pineapple Pecan Filling
Ingredients
1 cup pineapple, chopped
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
2 cups of the Cream Cheese Icing

Directions
Remove excess moisture from the chopped pineapple.  Mix all the ingredients together.

Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients
2 8oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners sugar

Directions
In a large mixing bowl, beat with a hand mixer the cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract until creamy.  Gradually add confectioner sugar until completely incorporated.