Fig Walnut Cake
Fig walnut cake is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the fruit cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 12 figs
- 100 g raisins
- 40 ml rum
- 8 eggs
- 200 g sugar
- 150 g flour
- 50 g starch
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 100 g walnuts
- 150 g sugar
- 4 tbsp Lemon juice
- 4 figs
- raspberries
- whipped cream
Instructions
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1.
Cut figs into small cubes. Soak raisins in rum.
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2.
Separate eggs. Beat yolks with 1 tbsp warm water until light and fluffy, then add sugar. Whisk egg whites stiffly and fold into mixture. Combine flour, starch, cocoa powder, and cinnamon; gradually stir into batter. Briefly puree figs with raisins using a hand blender, then fold in walnuts.
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3.
Line a springform pan with parchment paper, pour batter, smooth top, and bake at 180°C for about 45 minutes. Remove, let cool slightly, take out of pan, remove parchment, and cool on a rack.
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4.
Boil sugar with lemon juice and 150 ml water, simmer for about 1 minute. Add figs, bring to boil, then remove from heat and cool.
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5.
Serve by cutting cake into pieces. Remove figs from syrup, quarter them. Arrange cake with fig syrup and fig quarters on plate; garnish with raspberries and whipped cream as desired.
