Its a bit late in the season but i managed to find enough figs on our tree to make this recipe and it was ...... awesome!!! I had another look a our tree today and i think i'll have enough figs to make another one! Can't wait.
Fresh Fig Cake recipe
Ingredients
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup non-fat yoghurt
2 large eggs
1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
12 large fresh figs
Recipe
* Preheat oven to 180 C. Lightly grease 23 cm springform pan.
* 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 centre of cake batter. Bake 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake near centre 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.
