Fig Cake

This make-ahead sherbet requires very little lifting and is a wonderful surprise after a hearty meal. The magic ingredients for a super-creamy scoop are gelatin and cream. Explicitly fancy? Serve it with Speculoos or other shortbread cookies and fresh mint.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Additional Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 1 Bundt(R) cake

Ingredients

  1. cooking spray
  2. 2 cups white sugar
  3. 3 eggs
  4. 1 cup vegetable oil
  5. 1 cup whole milk
  6. 2 cups all-purpose flour
  7. 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  8. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  9. 1 teaspoon salt
  10. 2 cups mashed fig preserves
  11. 1 cup pecan pieces

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
  2. Combine sugar and eggs in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until sugar dissolves. Stir in vegetable oil. Pour in milk; mix well.
  3. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Mix into the creamed sugar mixture until blended. Fold fig preserves and pecan pieces into the batter.
  4. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 467 kcal
Carbohydrate 52 g
Cholesterol 49 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Sodium 325 mg
Sugars 35 g
Fat 28 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

 

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