Anyone know a date and fig cake recipe please?

bluedog

My mum is hankering to make a date and fig cake like she used to, but has lost the recipe. I've looked in the recipe collection with no joy and wondered if anyone here knows of any please?

I tried searching on the internet but that wasn't much help either as the returns were either date or figs and not together. :rolleyes:

Fen_2

Try https://www.astray.com, typing in both dates and figs. You will find results with fruitcake, Christmas cake etc.
Alternatively, try substituting 50/50 to a good recipe instead of using either all one or the other.

flossyblog

I have 2 recipes, one for fig loaf the other for date loaf, both are from the sainsburys book of homebaking.

Fig loaf
250g dried figs,chopped
250g wholewheat flour
125g soft brown sugar
250g all bran
2 tablespoons black treacle
600ml cold tea
4 teaspoons baking powder

Method
Place the figs, sugar, all bran, treacle and tea in a mixing bowl and leave to stand for 1 hour.

sift in the flour and baking powder and mix thoroughly

turn into a lined and greased 1kg loaf tin and bake in preheated oven (180C 350F gas mark 4) for 75-90 mins

turn onto a wire rack to cool

Date loaf

250g dates, chopped
175 ml cold tea
250g wholewheat flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground mixed spice
175g soft brown sugar
1 egg

method
place the dates and tea in a bowl, leave to stand for 1 hour

add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly

turn into a lined and greased 1kg loaf tin and bake in preheated oven (180C 350F gas mark 4) for 60-75 mins

leave in tin for 5 mins, the turn onto a wire rack to cool.