Almond Fig Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 3/4 cups dried figs, diced and stems trimmed (about 10)
• 3/4 cup unsweetened orange juice
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup nonfat sour cream
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon soft margarine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 lightly spray a 9-inch bundt pan.
• 3 place the figs and orange juice in a small saucepan. bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thickened and juice is almost completely absorbed, about 3-4 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat and let cool.
• 5 with an electric mixer, beat the olive oil and sugar until well blended.
• 6 add the eggs, fig mixture, sour cream, and almond extract, and mix to combine.
• 7 in a separate bowl, whisk together the two flours, baking powder, and baking soda.
• 8 add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix just until combined.
• 9 pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• 10 in a small bowl, toss together the almonds, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
• 11 add the margarine and mix well.
• 12 sprinkle the mixture over the cake batter.
• 13 bake 40 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.