Originally Posted by
aashley333
I bake Betty Crocker cakes for my brother without icing because it is just too sweet with icing. Before putting in oven, I sprinkle chocolate chips. Well, I received dried dates and used them, cut in half, to also sprinkle around the batter. Delicious. Try that with your figs!
Thanks. Actually, I did try that! I bought a couple of cake mixes at the $ store and I used the yellow cake mix to make a fig and pear upside-down cake. It came out really good.