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🍰 Moist Fig and Nut Cake with Syrup
685 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 12 figs
- 100 g raisins
- 40 ml rum
- 8 eggs
- 200 g sugar
- 150 g flour
- 50 g cornstarch
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 100 g walnuts
- 150 g sugar
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 figs
- raspberries
- whipping cream
Instructions
- 1. Cut the figs into small cubes.
- 2. Soak the raisins in the rum.
- 3. Separate the eggs by separating the yolks from the whites.
- 4. Beat the egg yolks with one tablespoon of warm water until light and foamy.
- 5. Stir the sugar into the egg yolks.
- 6. Beat the egg whites until stiff.
- 7. Fold the beaten egg whites into the yolk mixture.
- 8. Mix the flour, starch powder, cocoa powder, and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
- 9. Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the batter.
- 10. Puree the figs together with the soaked raisins briefly using a hand blender.
- 11. Fold the pureed fruit mixture and the walnuts into the batter.
- 12. Line a springform pan with baking paper.
- 13. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- 14. Smooth the surface of the batter.
- 15. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- 16. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes.
- 17. Take the cake out of the oven.
- 18. Let the cake cool down for a short while.
- 19. Remove the cake from the pan.
- 20. Remove the baking paper.
- 21. Let the cake cool completely on a wire rack.
- 22. Mix sugar, lemon juice, and 150 milliliters of water in a saucepan.
- 23. Bring the sugar mixture to a boil.
- 24. Let the solution simmer for about one minute.
- 25. Add the figs to the boiling liquid.
- 26. Bring the mixture to a boil again.
- 27. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
- 28. Let the fig syrup cool down.
- 29. Cut the cooled cake into pieces.
- 30. Take the figs out of the syrup.
- 31. Quarter the figs.
- 32. Arrange the cake pieces on plates.
- 33. Moisten the cake with the fig syrup.
- 34. Garnish the cake with the fig quarters.
- 35. Garnish with raspberries and whipped cream as desired.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 685
- Protein: 11 g · Fett/Fat: 29 g · Carbs: 92 g