Fresh Fig Cake recipe

Ingredients

2/3 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup vanilla non-fat yoghurt

2 large eggs

1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

12 large fresh purple figs

 

Recipe

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter or coat 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• In large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat sugar and butter until well mixed.
• Beat in yoghurt and eggs until blended.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour, baking powder and cinnamon.
• Spread batter into greased pan.
• Cut stem end off each fig and cut each fig lengthwise in half.
• Arrange figs, alternating cut surfaces and skin sides up, around rim of pan on top of batter.
• Arrange remaining figs in center of cake batter. Bake 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake near center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack to lukewarm. Loosen side of pan from cake and remove pan rim.
• Place cake on serving plate and serve warm.

 

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