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Fig and Olive Oil Cake

Fig and olive oil cake with lemon, It's delicious!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Course: cake, Dessert, treat
Cuisine: cake, Dessert
Keyword: Cake, Dessert, fig
Servings: 1 cake

Ingredients

  • 5 figs - sliced into rounds
  • 11/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • Optional Lemon Glaze:
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F..
  • Line baking dish (a 9 inch round or an 8 x 8 pan) with parchment paper and spray with cooking oil.
  • Lay fig pieces on bottom of pan.
  • In a bowl, add flour, sugar, salt and baking powder and stir together.
  • Add lemon zest, olive oil, egg, milk and lemon juice and blend well, a thick batter will form.
  • Pour batter over figs and bake for ~35 minutes or until the center is risen and isn't giggly anymore.
  • Let cake cool then flip cake over and serve upside down with some ice cream or a lemon glaze on top.
  • To make the lemon glaze:
  • Mix ingredients all together and spoon over the cake.