Fig Preserve Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup fig preserves
1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts
Buttermilk glaze
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon real butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Combine first 8 ingredients in a large mixing bowl;add oil and eggs,beating well at medium speed with electric mixer.
Add buttermilk and vanilla,beating well.
Stir in preserves and pecans or walnuts.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes;remove from pan and place on serving platter.
Pour buttermilk glaze over cake while both are still warm.
BUTTERMILK GLAZE.
Melt 1 tablespoon real butter in saucepan over low heat,add the buttermilk and the powdered sugar and heat till dissolved,then add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
If the glaze is to thin or thick add powdered sugar or more buttermilk accordingly till you get the consistency you like.