Vegan fig cake with orange icing
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Read about sheet cakes and traybakes in the BrightCulinary Book
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- 1 lb dried figs
- 4 cup boiling hot water
- avocado spray
Pour four cups of boiling water over the dried figs and leave them to soften while everything else is prepared.
- 400 g all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and cloves together.
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 cup tahini
- ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 3 tbsp water
- 1½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
Whisk the olive oil, tahini, orange juice, baking soda, sugar and vanilla together in one big bowl, then add the flax egg.
- 1 cup fig water
Lift the softened figs out, cut off the hard stems and roughly chop them.
Fig cake batter
Add the dry ingredients a little at a time, holding back a little flour to toss the walnuts in so they do not sink.
Bake on the middle rack at 350F for about 35 to 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean or with moist crumbs.
- 1½ cup confectioner's sugar
- orange juice
For the icing, stir one and a half cups of confectioner's sugar with three to five tablespoons of orange juice to a pourable but not see-through consistency.
Cool the cake completely, cut into portions and drizzle with the icing or serve it alongside; powdered sugar and shredded coconut are an alternative.