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    Home » Recipes » Desserts and Sweet Treats

    Fig and Chocolate Cake recipe

    Published: Mar 1, 2013 · Updated: Aug 17, 2021 · by Nicole · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Fig and Chocolate Cake recipe

    Fig and Chocolate Cake recipe

    Before I get into today's post, and share this gorgeous Fig and Chocolate Cake recipe, I want to send out a thank you to everyone for their lovely comments, emails and tweets in support of the release of my e-cookbook Delicious everyday. I have to say I was completely taken by surprise by the amount of support I received. Thank you doesn't seem like enough, so I'm sharing with you this delicious cake instead!

    One of my favourite things to make recently has been Nigel Slater's Chocolate Muscovado Banana Cake (you can find the original recipe here on Wednesday Chef's gorgeous site). Banana's and chocolate are always a winning combination in my book, and coupled with the treacley richness of the dark brown sugar, it's nothing short of divine. Especially since I double the chocolate in the original recipe (you can never have too much chocolate in my opinion). I'm so in love with this cake I've made one per week over the last few weeks.

    However I came across some gorgeous figs recently, at my favourite greengrocer, and decided to substitute the bananas for beautiful juicy figs, for this Fig and Chocolate Cake, and it's just as divine as the original. And I think, hope, Nigel Slater would approve. The slight jamminess of the figs in the baked cake, along with the soft chocolate chunks makes it a cake that is eaten all too soon, leaving you wanting another slice. In fact I do right now as I've just finished a slice of my Fig and Chocolate Cake right now as I'm typing out this post!

    Fig and Chocolate Cake recipe

    Fig and Chocolate Cake recipe

    Fig & Chocolate Cake

    This Fig & Chocolate Cake recipe is adapted from Nigel Slater's Chocolate Muscovado Banana Cake from The Kitchen Diaries II
    4.84 from 6 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Dessert
    Keyword: Chocolate Cake recipe, Fig & Chocolate Cake
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 50 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Calories: 707kcal
    Author: Delicious Everyday
    6 people

    Ingredients

    • 6 figs diced
    • 1 tbs honey
    • 125 g butter softened, 1 stick
    • 200 g muscovado or dark brown sugar 1 cup
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 250 g plain flour 2 cups, all-purpose
    • 2 tsp baking powder
    • ⅓ cup milk
    • 200 g dark chocolate chopped, 7 oz
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) and grease a 22cm (9 inches) x 12cm (5 inches) loaf pan.
    • Place the figs and honey in a bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
    • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream the butter and sugar together until light and golden. Scrape down the sides, and add the eggs, one at a time, along with the vanilla extract, and mix until combined. Sift in the flour, baking powder and milk and mix until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold through the figs and chocolate.
    • Pour into the loaf pan and bake in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through, until the cake is browned and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. If the top is browning too quickly cover with foil.
    • Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing and cooling completely on a cake rack.

    Notes

    If fresh figs aren't available where you are, try rehydrating dried figs in boiling water for a few minutes in place of the fresh figs.

    Nutrition (Estimated)

    Calories: 707kcalCarbohydrates: 93gProtein: 9gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 101mgSodium: 194mgPotassium: 649mgFiber: 6gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 705IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 176mgIron: 6.7mg
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    Comments

    1. Lottie @ Lottie's World of Cakes and Bakes says

      May 24, 2013 at 11:24 pm

      I love both figs and chocolate, this going to have to be something I try, it looks delicious!

      Reply
      • Jennifer says

        May 27, 2013 at 10:46 am

        I hope you enjoy it 🙂

        Reply
    2. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says

      March 22, 2013 at 1:43 am

      Figs and chocolate is a delicious and divine combo. Yum!

      Reply
    3. Jacinta says

      March 10, 2013 at 2:48 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Jennifer, I'm in the middle of making your delicious fig and chocolate cake but have noticed there is milk in the ingredients but not in the instructions. I've added it in anyway and am sure it is going to be scrumptious. By the way we love, love, love your blueberry cake recipe too.

      Reply
      • Jennifer says

        March 13, 2013 at 4:50 pm

        Hi Jacinta, thanks for picking up that mistake. I've corrected it now 🙂 Did you enjoy the cake? And I'm so glad you enjoy my blueberry cake 😀

        Reply
    4. Julia | JuliasAlbum.com says

      March 03, 2013 at 6:46 pm

      Figs and chocolate - what a lovely combination! Would love to try something like this so I am pinning it!

      Reply
    5. MadSCAR says

      March 02, 2013 at 6:49 pm

      This looks great!

      Reply
    6. My Kitchen Stories says

      March 01, 2013 at 6:55 pm

      Hi jennifer i was sick last week and must have missed your last post. Congrats on your ebook. Its so nice to feel that you have support. Your work is lovely and you deserve the support.

      Reply
    7. thelittleloaf says

      March 01, 2013 at 6:26 pm

      Oh wow Jennifer, this looks and sounds utterly incredible. I don't think I've ever come across a cake/bread like this before. Yum!

      Reply
    8. Rosa says

      March 01, 2013 at 5:26 pm

      A wonderful cake! I love Nigel Slater.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

      Reply
    9. Stephanie - The Dessert Spoon says

      March 01, 2013 at 4:56 pm

      I love cakes like this, packed with fruit and chocolate. Such lovely photo
      s too!

      Reply
    10. Gluten Free Julia says

      March 01, 2013 at 4:02 pm

      This recipe is perfect for Autumn and for this rainy weather we are having in Brisbane! Substitute the flour for a gluten free all-purpose flour and check the baking powder, vanilla extract and chocolate are also gluten free and you should be good to go!

      Reply
    11. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

      March 01, 2013 at 3:49 pm

      What a lovely cake! Chocolate and fig sounds heavenly together, especially since you doubled the chocolate :).

      Reply

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