Fig Butter Cake
Created by ellie on December 23, 2022
- Servings: 10
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #39927
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons orange peel, grated
- 1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup dried figs, chopped
- 1/2 cup raisins, chopped
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- Confectioners' sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light. Stir in eggs and orange peel.
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Step 2: In another bowl sift the flour with the baking powder.
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Step 3: In a third cup or bowl combine the dried fruits and nuts along with 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture.
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Step 4: Add the remaining flour to the creamed mixture, beating until smooth.
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Step 5: Stir in the fruit/nut mixture.
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Step 6: Pour batter into a tube or bundt pan that has been buttered and dusted with vanilla wafer crumbs, ground almonds or sugar.
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Step 7: Bake in a 350 degrees F oven for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done (toothpick inserted in center comes out clean). Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving and cut into thin slices.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (144.3 g)
- Calories 409.2
- Total Fat - 23.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.3 g
- Cholesterol - 307.8 mg
- Sodium - 263.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 40.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.2 g
- Sugars - 24.1 g
- Protein - 12.6 g
- Calcium - 105.1 mg
- Iron - 2.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg