I think you will find this yummy. I have also used chopped pears for this recipe:
Fig Cake
2 c flour
1.5 c sugar
1 t salt
1 t baking soda
1 t ground cloves
1 t ground nutmeg
1 t ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 c vegetable oil
1 c buttermilk
1 t vanilla
1 1/2 c fresh figs, chopped
1 cu pecans, chopped and toasted
1. Cake
STIR together first 7 ingredients; stir in egg, oil, andbuttermilk, blending well. Stir in vanilla. Fold in figs and, if desired,pecans.
2. Pour into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan. BAKE at325° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
3. Pierce top of cake several times with a wooden pick; drizzleButtermilk Glaze over cake.
4. Make and freeze the cake up to two weeks in advance; add theglaze the day of the party.
5. Buttermilk Glaze:
MAKES ABOUT 1½ C
1 c sugar
½ c butter or margarine
½ c buttermilk
1 T light corn syrup
1 t vanilla extract
BRING all ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan, and cook 3minutes. Prep: 10 min., Cook: 3 min.