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Fig Spice Cake

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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 60m
  • Cook: 50m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound dried figs (stewed, cut into 1/4" cubes and reserve the syrup, there should be about 2 cups figs, 454 grams)
  • 1/2 cup fig juice
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk (or yogurt)
  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup nuts, chopped (or raisins)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Have all ingredients about 75F.

  • Step 2: Stew figs in water, cool, drain & reserve 1/2 cup juice.

  • Step 3: Cut figs into 1/4" cubes.

  • Step 4: Combine fig juice and buttermilk or yogurt; set aside.

  • Step 5: Preheat oven to 350F.

  • Step 6: Sift before measuring: 1 1/2 cups cake flour

  • Step 7: Resift with baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and baking soda; set aside

  • Step 8: Cream butter until soft.

  • Step 9: Add the sugar gradually.

  • Step 10: Cream until very light.

  • Step 11: Beat in 1 egg at a time.

  • Step 12: Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in about 3 parts, alternating the thirds of the milk and fig juice.

  • Step 13: Stir the batter after each addition until smooth.

  • Step 14: Add the figs with vanilla and nuts or raisins

  • Step 15: Bake in a greased 9" tube pan for about 50 minutes.

  • Step 16: When cool, spread with Coffee or Mocha icing or frosting of your choice.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • 9" Tube pan
  • Have all ingredients about 75F.

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