Follonico Fig Cake

Name: Follonico Fig Cake
Ingredients: 1 pound dried figs; 1 cup water; 6 ounces butter at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup cream

10 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

1 pound dried figs
1 cup water
6 ounces butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup cream

Directions

1

Make a fig puree.
2

Coarsely chop figs and combine with water in a saucepan.
3

Bring to a boil.
4

Cover, remove from heat and let stand for 30 minutes.
5

Puree in a food processor (there will be about two-and-a-fourth cups of puree).
6

Cream the butter and the sugar.
7

Add eggs and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
8

Add fig puree and mix well.
9

Sift together the dry ingredients and add them to the fig mixture alternately with the cream.
10

Butter and flour a bundt-cake pan.
11

Pour in fig batter.
12

Bang the pan several times to settle.
13

Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 70 to 80 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
14

Cool the cake on a rack and turn it out.