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  • Chocolate Fig Honey Cake

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    Ingredients

    • 1 1/3 c. liquid honey
    • 1 c. strong tea
    • 1 x grated lemon or possibly orange rind
    • 2 3/4 c. all purpose flour
    • 2 tsp baking pwdr
    • 2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1/2 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp grnd ginger
    • 1/2 tsp allspice
    • 1/4 tsp salt
    • 1 c. diced dry fig
    • 4 x Large eggs
    • 1/4 c. vegetable oil
    • 1 Tbsp. vanilla
    • 1 c. granulated sugar Drizzle
    • 3 ounce bittersweet or possibly semisweet chocolate, minced

    Directions

    1. In small saucepan, bring honey just to boil; remove from heat. Stir in tea and grated lemon rind; set pan aside and let cold slightly.
    2. In bowl, whisk together flour, baking pwdr, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, allspice and salt; stir in figs. Set bowl aside.
    3. In large bowl, beat Large eggs till pale and frothy, about 5 min. Beat in oil and vanilla. Beat in sugar, 2 tbsp at a time, till slightly thickened and bubbly, about 5 min. Alternately mix in flour and honey mixtures, making 3 additions of flour and 2 of honey, to make thin batter.
    4. Pour batter into greased 10-inch tube or possibly Bundt pan. Bake in centre of 325 F oven for 60 to 70 min or possibly till cake tester inserted into cake comes out clean. Let cold in pan on rack for 30 min. With knife, loosen edges of cake; turn out onto rack and let cold completely.
    5. DRIZZLE: Heat chocolate in bowl over warm (not boiling water). Dip tines of fork into chocolate; drizzle over cake.

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