2 cups flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

3 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup buttermilk

1 and 1/2 cups sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 pint fig preserves

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Combine flour, cornstarch, soda, salt and spices. Combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla. Stir into flour mixture figs and pecans. Pour batter into greased 13×9 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Jolene Benoit, New Iberia