Food

Internetz help, please...

I remember making a fig cake some time in the distant past. It was delicious. Only problem is I have lost the recipe, or at worst I am too hungover to remember where I've stored it. I've found nuknow's recipe which I may fall back on but I quite liked the cake with chopped figs in it.

I remember soaking the (dried, I think) figs in either Madeira or vanilla extract or both before adding them. Does anyone have a recipe like this? Please...

It's for mummy spybot and she deserves cake. With figs.

Right.

***Fig Cake ***

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• 2 cups of Flour
• 1 1/2 cups of Sugar
• teaspoon of table Salt
• " of Baking Powder
• " of Ground Cloves
• " of Ground Nutmeg
• " of Ground Cinammon

• 3 large Eggs
• 1 cup of Veg. Oil - Olive Oil* (half-half)
• 1 cup of **Yoghurt ** (Greek like Total)
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract (or pods)
• 1 cup of Fig Jam
• 1 cup nuts (optional)

Method

7 first ingredients all combined.
Separate egg whites from yolks, stir the yolks in.
Then Yoghurt >>> Veg. Oil >>> Fig Jam >>> Egg whites (whisked to solid).
180º for 45 min. I usually cover the cake for about 30min with foil since
the dough is quite thick, it helps cooking the inside quicker.

*I use Olive oil because I prefer it to Veg. Oil... and it's healthier.
**As you can see I don't use nuts and mine got a bit toasted on top.