Fresh Fig Cake With Walnuts Crumb Topping#SundayFunday

Fresh Fig Cake With Walnut Crumb Topping is so delicious and perfect for when fresh figs are in season. This cake is so light and delicate and combined with the crunchy walnut crumb topping, it’s just superb! It’s also great for tea time too!

Ingredients
3 Eggs
1 Cup Vegetable oil
½ Cup Sugar
½ Cup light brown sugar
½ Cup Water
1½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
¾ Teaspoon Salt
1¼ Teaspoon Cardamom powder
1/3 Cup Crystalized Ginger - diced
8 Fresh Figs - sliced vertically 
For The Crumble
½ Cup All Purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
A Pinch Salt
2 Tablespoons White Sugar
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
¼ Teaspoon Cinnamon powder
71 Grams Butter - melted
½ Cup Chopped Walnuts

Method 

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Grease a 9” cheesecake pan butter and set aside. If you use a smaller pan the top and bottom of the cake will burn, the time taken to bake will be longer.
In a large bowl combine eggs, oil, sugars, water and vanilla extract. Whisk to combine and set aside.

In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom. Whisk to combine.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk slowly to combine. Stir in the candied ginger.
Pour cake batter into pan, arrange figs cut side up, in a circle around the cake. Set aside.
To Make The Crumble 

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugars and cinnamon until combined. Add the melted butter and stir with a fork until a crumble forms. Then stir in the walnuts.
Sprinkle crumble on top of figs and cake, evenly distributed.

Bake cake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. If top starts to brown too quickly cover with foil until fully baked through. 

Allow to cool and serve for tea time or for Sunday brunch.

Labels: Cakes, Figs, International Cuisine, Walnuts, Sunday Funday

Sunday Funday

Figs

• Fig and Prosciutto Pizza by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Fig Bites in Phyllo Cups by Palatable Pastime
• Fig Newton Bars by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Fresh Fig Cake With Walnuts Crumb Topping by Sneha's Recipe
• Fresh Fig Margarita by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Gelato di Fichi by Culinary Cam

Fig Date Walnut Bread #BreadBakers

This is a beautiful bread,  the figs and dates  makes it chewy and the walnuts give a  nutty taste and flavor.  This is a dense bread yet soft and fruity bread.  I loved the taste of figs in this bread.  This is quick bread.  

Makes one Loaf

Ingredients
1 Cup Buttermilk
1/2 Teaspoon Finely grated Lemon rind
1/4 Teaspoon Ground nutmeg
A pinch of Cloves powder
110 Grams Chopped Dried Figs
75 Grams Chopped Pitted Dates
1/2 cup Packed Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Oil
2 Eggs
3/4 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
1.1/2 Teaspoon Baking soda
1/8 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Chopped Walnuts

A few halved Walnuts

Method 
In a saucepan add the buttermilk, figs and dates and keep it to soak for at least 30 minutes  or until fruit softens.

In the meantime sieve the whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.  Mix in the chopped walnuts well, keep aside.

In another bowl whisk sugar, oil, and eggs until well blended. Add the lemon rind, nutmeg, cloves powder,  then stir in butter milk figs and date mix, give it a quick whisk. Then add the  flour, folding it with a spatula until combined . 

Spoon batter into a greased and lined loaf pan. Sprinkle few  halved walnuts  evenly over batter. Bake it in a preheated oven at 200 degrees C for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean . 

 Cool for 15 minutes in a pan.

After 15 minutes lift the paper and place the bread  on a wire rack to cool completely . 

Slice it ..

Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.

Perfect ...

Labels : Walnuts, Figs, Date, Breads, Bread Bakers, Healthy

This month's BreadBakers' theme is Breads with Nut Meals and Nut Flours inspired bread, hosted by Cindy at Cindy’s Recipes and Writings.
Enjoy all these creative breads using nut meals and nut flours from The Bread Bakers Group!
Almond Blueberry Banana Bread by Stacy at Food Lust People Love.
Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins by Pavani at Cook's Hideout.
Almond Flour Bread by Robin at A Shaggy Dough Story.
Almond Flour Sandwich Buns by Gayathri at Gayathri’s Cook Spot.
Almond Pear Bread by Cindy at Cindy’s Recipes and Writings.
Carrot Nut Bread by Mayuri at Mayuri's Jikoni.
Citrus Bread with Macadamia Nuts by Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm.
Fig and Walnut Bread by Karen at Karen’s Kitchen Stories.
Fig Date Walnut Bread by Sneha at Sneha's Recipe.
Mixed Berry Almond Loaf by Namita at Ambrosia.
Peanut Brittle Ring Bread by Sharanya at Sara’s Tasty Buds.
Peanut Butter Breakfast Loaf by Sue at Palatable Pastime.
Quick Almond Bread by Kalyani at Sizzling Tastebuds.
Whole Grain Date Walnut Bread by Sona at Spill the Spices.

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.