White Chocolate And Fig Cake Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND FIG CAKE

Steps:

• Place figs in a small bowl with liqueur. Allow to soak for 3 - 4 hours or alternatively microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla.
• Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition.
• Blend in syrup.
• Sift together flours and cinnamon. Fold into creamed mixture, alternating with milk.
• Lightly mix in figs, almond meal and chocolate.
• Pour mixture into greased 20cm bundt cake mould or ring tin.
• Bake in moderate oven 180 degrees C for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in tin for 5 minutes.
• Dust with icing sugar when cool.

FIG AND CHOCOLATE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a 7-inch square baking dish and line with parchment paper.
• Mix together 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar, eggs, yogurt, olive oil, and vanilla extract in a bowl until well combined. Sift 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and baking powder on top of the batter and fold in gently.
• Place figs, cut side-down, onto the bottom of the baking dish. Spoon batter on top of the figs and level top with the back of a spoon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm to the touch, about 50 minutes. If cake starts to brown too much, cover with foil after 30 minutes of baking time.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool in the baking dish for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a serving platter and peel off the parchment paper.

CHOCOLATE FIG CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray heavy nonstick 12-cup fluted tube pan with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix figs and coffee; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and Sugar In The Raw Organic White with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Slowly add buttermilk. Beat in 1 3/4 cups flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder on low speed until mixed. Drain figs, reserving coffee. Slowly mix in reserved coffee. Pour batter into pan. Pat figs dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon flour and toss to coat. Sprinkle over batter in pan. Pull table knife through batter to distribute figs. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In 2 small microwaveable bowls, melt white baking bar and bittersweet baking bar with a few drops of oil. Drizzle white chocolate over cake with fork. Then drizzle dark chocolate over cake. Let stand until set, about 2 hours. Or refrigerate 15 minutes until completely set.

WARM FIG AND CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit/190 degrees Celsius.
• Add 1/4 cup/50 grams sugar to a small, oven-proof, high-sided sauté pan with a 6-inch/15-centimeter base (or similar). Cook over medium-high heat, swirling the pan a few times, until the sugar has melted and turned a dark caramel color, 5 to 8 minutes. Carefully add the rum - it will spit and seize up a little - and cook for another 30 seconds, stirring until combined and thick. Remove from the heat, stir in the orange juice and figs, and set aside to cool.
• Add the egg yolks to a medium bowl along with 2 tablespoons/25 grams sugar. Whisk by hand until pale and thick, about 3 minutes. Add the cream, flour, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt and orange zest, then whisk until smooth and thick.
• In another medium bowl, using a clean whisk, whisk the egg whites by hand with the remaining 2 tablespoons/25 grams sugar until they form stiff peaks, 4 to 5 minutes. Fold gently into the yolk batter, then pour the mixture over the figs in the sauté pan (it should cover the figs completely).
• Sprinkle all over with the chocolate and bake until the batter rises and is cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, divide among four bowls and drizzle with any remaining liquid from the pan. Serve hot, with some crème fraîche alongside.

CHOCOLATE FIG HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring the honey just to a boil; remove from the heat.
• Stir in the tea and grated lemon rind; set pan aside and let cool slightly.
• In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, allspice and salt; stir in the figs.
• Set the bowl aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs until pale and frothy, about 5 minutes.
• Beat in the oil and vanilla.
• Beat in the sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until slightly thickened and bubbly, about 5 minutes.
• Alternately fold in the flour and honey mixtures, making 3 additions of flour and 2 of honey, to make a thin batter.
• Pour the batter into a greased 10" Bundt pan.
• Bake in the centre of a 325 degree F oven for 60 to 70 minutes or until the cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes.
• With a knife, loosen the edges of the cake; turn out onto a rack and let cool completely.
• For the drizzle, melt the chocolate over hot (not boiling) water.
• Dip the tines of a fork into the chocolate; drizzle over the cake.