Growing up, the only time I ate figs was when my father brought home a package of Fig Newtons, his favorite grocery store cookies. Occasionally, he would come home, look at me wordlessly and crinkle ...

1. Preheat oven 350 F. Coat Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. 2. In mixing bowl, cream oil, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs and egg white, one at a time, beating well after each addition. 3. In small ...

Featuring fig jam, dried figs, and fresh figs (for those glorious few weeks when they’re in season), our best fig recipes earn rave reviews. Bake up a batch of fig bars or a fig cake recipe, simmer ...

The so-called “pressed fig cakes” that Abigail delivered to David may not have followed this recipe exactly, but your family and friends should feel like royalty when eating this sweet, spicy and ...

Biting into a plump, ripe, sweet fresh fig? There’s almost nothing better…which is why we dream of fig season all year. Luckily, there’s no shortage of treats swirled with fig jam and studded with ...

I am certainly not the first person to derive inspiration from a fig tree. The ancients wrote poetry and sang songs about figs; Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under a fig tree; and fig ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Upside-Down Fresh Fig Cake YIELD: 8 SERVINGS 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, divided, plus more to prepare pan 1/2 ...

Believe it or not, it’s rare that someone who develops recipes for a living gets to play with their food. But that’s what I’ve been doing with figs for the last couple weeks. I’m always one to become ...

Every year around this time, I wait for a text from some good friends who have an old, sprawling fig tree in their backyard: “Figs are ripening! Come pick anytime!” And we do. Figs are utterly unlike ...