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Fig Cake (Gluten Free)

December 7, 2012 by Sarah Trivuncic 5 Comments

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If you can get hold of some fresh figs this Christmas, this gluten free fig cake with red currants is an ideal seasonal cake for coeliacs.

Gluten-free-fig-cake-with-red-currants

You may recall the stonking great gluten free plum cake I made from Hannah Miles’ book earlier this year.

As I explained at the time I had remade the cake in a smaller size since Hannah’s version required 400g ground almonds at a time and fed around 15 people.

It’s quite rare for me to need cakes this size and it’s a lot of money to spend on ingredients in one go. So I have experimented with other versions using an 7 or 8 inch tins instead of 10 inch which yield a more manageable size cake! Unless I had guests, we would get very fed up of such a big cake.

Probably the best period for buying fresh figs has passed although I have still seen them in Waitrose and my local Turkish store. They always seem very festive me. I have red currants in the freezer but if you don’t have any you could use cranberries.

For a non gluten free fig recipe try my mini fig galettes.

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5 from 1 vote

Fig Cake (Gluten Free)

You will also need an 8inch round cake tin greased and lined with parchment paper. This moist cake will keep for nearly a week if stored in an airtight tin. You can use ordinary caster sugar if you don’t have golden.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Servings: 8 -10 slices
Author: Sarah Trivuncic

Ingredients

  • 100 g butter softened
  • 150 g caster sugar (superfine baking sugar) plus a little extra for sprinkling
  • 3 eggs
  • 75 g gluten free self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 200 g / 4.5 cups ground almonds
  • 4 ripe figs cut into quarters
  • 50 g red currants
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar (confectioners sugar) for dusting

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 160c / Gas 3.
  • Using an electric hand or stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until fluffy.
  • Add the eggs one by one, beating the batter in between. Sift over the flour and ground cardamom, add the ground almonds and beat until just smooth. Pour the batter into the lined tin and smooth the surface.
  • Stud the figs and red currants over the top of the cake and sprinkle with a little extra golden caster sugar.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 1.5 to 2 hours, until the cake is firm to the touch and a knife inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar.

Notes

Golden caster sugar may be used. 
Adapted from Hannah Miles' gluten free plum and cinnamon cake from The Gluten Free Baker.

 

Gluten-free-fig-cake-with-red-currants

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Filed Under: Baking and Desserts Tagged With: almonds, big cakes, fig, gluten free

About Sarah Trivuncic

Sarah Trivuncic has published recipes, restaurant and travel reviews on Maison Cupcake since 2009. She lives in Walthamstow, East London with her husband and teenager.
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Comments

  1. Rosa Mayland says

    December 7, 2012 at 7:15 am

    A delicious looking cake! I bet it tastes wonderful.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  2. Faye says

    March 2, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    This is a wonderful gluten free fig cake recipe I’m willing to try.

    Reply
  3. Carolyn triance says

    November 17, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    Nice cake. I used Xylitol (and reduced the amount) and put a few more redcurrants in. I liked the way the tangy redcurrants offset the sweetness. Would be nice warmish with some Greek yogurt, ice cream or creme fraiche as a dessert.

    Reply
  4. Rose says

    February 2, 2025 at 7:02 pm

    5 stars
    A gluten free recipe is always useful. This looks delicious.

    Reply
    • Sarah Trivuncic says

      February 6, 2025 at 1:00 pm

      Thanks, it’s so quick to make and you can experiment with other fruit such as this plum cake.

      Reply

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