Old Fashioned Fig Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Old Fashioned Fig Cake
2c flour	Sift together first 6 ingredients and set aside.  Mix sugar,
1t salt	oil, eggs and buttermilk.  Add dry ingredients and then add
1t baking soda	pecans, fig preserves and vanilla.  Grease and flour bunt
1t cloves	pan, pour mixture into pan and bake at 350 degrees for
1t nutmeg	45 to 60 minutes until done.
1t cinnamon
1 1/2 c sugar
1c Crisco oil
3 eggs
1c buttermilk
1c fig preserves
1c chopped pecans
1t vanilla

Aunt Mary's Pumpkin Pie

Yield: 2 pies	Aunt Mary's Pumpkin Pie
4 eggs	Beat eggs then add sugar, flour mixture, then pumpkin, milk,
1c sugar	salt,and vanilla. Add melted butter last. Mix well.
2c pumpkin (16oz can)	Divide filling between 2 deep  dish pie crusts.  For a crispier
1c milk	crust, bake the crust for a few minutes before pouring in
1T flour	the filling.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or
1 stick butter, melted	until done.
1/2t salt
1t vanilla

Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake

Yeild: 1 cake	Red Velvet Cake
2 1/2c plain flour
1c buttermilk	Cream sugar and Wesson oil.  Add eggs, beat well.  Sift
1 1/2c sugar	together flour, salt, and soda.  Put cocoa, vinegar, and red
2c Wesson oil	food coloring in a cup.  Mix well and add to sugar mixture.
1t vinegar	Beat well.  Add milk, flour and vanilla.  Mix thoroughly.
1t baking soda	Pour into two greased and floured cake pans.  Bake at
1t salt	350 degrees for 30-45 min (or until done).  Baking time
1t vanilla extract	can vary depending on humidity and altitude.  Cool cakes
1T cocoa	completely before frosting.
2T red food coloring
2 eggs	Frosting
	1 stick oleo                               1T vanilla extract
	1 box conf. Sugar                     1c nuts
	1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese, at room temp
	Blend together oleo, sugar, and cream cheese.  Add vanilla
	and nuts.  Beat until spreadable consistency.