Best Fig Pound Cake Recipes
STRAWBERRY FIG SAUCE ON POUND CAKE
Make this quick and tasty fruit sauce all year long -- you can always find frozen strawberries and dried figs.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, bring figs, wine, and 1/2 cup water to a boil. Cover pan; remove from heat. Let stand until figs begin to soften, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a blender, puree strawberries, sugar, and salt until smooth. Push through a fine-mesh sieve into fig mixture in saucepan.
- Bring mixture to a boil, reduce to medium-low; simmer until sauce has thickened and figs are tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
- To serve, divide cake among four serving plates; top with sauce.
FIG POUND CAKE
I love nibbling on dried figs. Found this recipe in an old cookbook and thought, why not. Must say I substituted half of the butter for applesauce to cut down on fat.
Provided by Chef Dudo
Categories Breads
Time 1h
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Butter and flour an 8 x 4 x 2-inch loaf pan.
- Sieve flour, cornmeal vanilla sugar and salt in a bowl.
- Put butter in a bowl and beat.
- Slowly add the sugar; blend well.
- Add eggs to butter mixture, two at a time, and beat until light.
- (If you use applesauce, add it in between the eggs).
- Add flour mixture alternately with milk.
- Beat until smooth.
- Stir in figs and nuts.
- Spoon into greased loaf pan.
- Bake about 45 minutes, or until a wooden pick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
- Cool on a rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 5416.4, Fat 265.8, SaturatedFat 131.4, Cholesterol 1562.6, Sodium 2958.3, Carbohydrate 708.1, Fiber 29.8, Sugar 410.1, Protein 82.5
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