Fig
Spice Cake
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In By Maggie Binzley, Cypress TX
Remove Stems from figs, cut up, and
soak for 1 hour.
1 Cup cut up figs
1 Cup hot water
Measure into bowl:
1/4 Cup Sunflower oil
1/3 Cup molasses
1/3 Cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 Cup water from soaking figs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x9 pan.
Add to the wet ingredients:
1 Cup whole wheat flour
1 Cup unbleached flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t nutmeg
1/4 t allspice
Stir, adding the figs. Pour into the pan and bake 45-50 minutes,
until cake begins to
pull away from the sides of the pan.
Cool. Cut into nine squares. Dust with a sprinkle of confectioners
sugar
if desired.
Recipe from Holiday Diet Cookbook by Dorothy R. Bates