CARDAMOM, FIG AND COFFEE CAKE

Hello and welcome to our fabulous food blog. We’re going to wow you all (eventually) with our free-from scrummy alternative recipes ...

... starting with Anna’s dairy-free:

CARDAMOM, FIG AND COFFEE CAKE

A wee while ago I stumbled across a cardamom and fig cake recipe which looked pretty intriguing. I played around with it to make it dairy-free and added a subtle little coffee twist (actually the recipe was advertised as a cardamom, fig and coffee cake but there was no coffee in it, so I felt inspired to make amends. For additional caffeine satisfaction, consume cake with a cup of your favourite coffee bean). Here’s the final result:

Follow these 10 simple steps to make your own:

Step 1:
Put the oven on 160 ◦C

Step 2:
Grease and line a baking tin

Step 3:
Grind a handful of cardamom seeds [freshly ground works so much better than pre-powered in a jar...plus it’ll make your kitchen smell really fragrantly yummy

Step 4:
Combine the following dry ingredients
• 300g plain flour
• 200g caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon of your freshly ground cardamom

Step 5:
In a separate bowl mix together with an electric whisk until light and fluffy
• 125 ml sunflower oil
• 2 eggs
• 125 ml strong filter coffee
• 200 ml soya milk mixed with 1 Tablespoon of vinegar

Step 6:
Fold the dry mix into the wet mix a little at a time until full incorporated

Step 7:
Stir in
• 150g dried figs [roughly chopped]

Step 8:
Pour into the baking tin and bake for around 40 minutes [nearly clean tooth-pick test]

Step 9:
While the cake cools on a baking rack prepare creamy topping by mixing the following with electric whisk until light and fluffy:
• 75g soya spread [the pure brand is pretty good]
• 200g icing sugar [a little at a time or your kitchen will look like a light snow storm hit it...learn from my mistake!!]
• ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom [or a little more to taste]

Step 10:
Cover the cake with the topping and decorate with a few additional figs...

Eat up!