This Fig & Almond Traybake is really tasty and simple to make. It is the perfect Autumnal bake to make the most of delicious figs while they are in season.
A delicious seasonal fruit
I absolutely love figs. I love their flavour and their unique texture. Here in the UK they are in season for a relatively short time; roughly from August to October.
This means we should eat them as much as possible while we can get our hands on them!
For the majority of the time, I eat figs just as they are. I recently made my one year old nephew a fan of figs whilst I was eating one which I am quite proud of!
When I want to make them a bit more interesting I make my Fig, Prosciutto & Rocket Salad. But I didn’t have a sweet recipe yet.
Figs and almonds; a dream combo!
There are a number of flavours that work really well with figs; nuts being some of those. I decided to use almonds because I could incorporate them into the cake mix as well as sprinkling them on top.
I layered the figs on top of the cake mix because they are just too pretty to hide! I cut each fig into four thick slices. If you wanted even more fig in your traybake, you could just cut the figs in half.
This would increase the fig to cake ratio which can only be a good thing.
A simple, tasty and pretty cake
This Fig & Almond Traybake is simple to make, very tasty and naturally pretty. As you may have heard me mention before, I do like a cake that doesn’t need any decorations. They are also the best for people to recreate.
You don’t have to have any piping or decorating skills to make this Fig & Almond Traybake. So if you make this cake, it should look pretty close to mine which is always the aim!
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Fig & Almond Traybake
This Fig & Almond Traybake is really tasty and simple to make. It is the perfect Autumnal bake to make the most of delicious figs while they are in season.
Ingredients
- 140 g margarine
- 140 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 140 g ground almonds
- 140 g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
- 3 figs sliced
- 1 tbsp flaked almonds
Instructions
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Heat the oven to 160ºC (fan assisted, 180°C non fan) and line a square 8" (20cm) cake tin
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Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes
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Add the eggs, ground almonds, flour, vanilla extract and milk and mix together until combined
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Spoon the cake mix into the tin making sure you get to the edges and smooth the top
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Cut each fig into four slices and arrange them on top of the cake
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Sprinkle with flaked almonds before baking in the oven for 45 minutes or until a cocktail stick comes out clean
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Leave to cool in the tin for 20 minutes or so before turning out and allowing to cool completely on a wire rack
Recipe Notes
Nutritional information is given as a guide only.
Corina Blum says
I usually eat figs just as they are too but this looks gorgeous Cat! I really feel I should try something with them at some point.
Curly says
This is a lovely alternative way to enjoy figs!
louise Gunstone says
This looks amazing – I’m adding it to my recipes to try asap!
Curly says
Thanks 🙂
Rosemary says
This looks like a fantastic autumn recipe. I love figs and this traybake looks beautiful!
Curly says
Thank you 🙂
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
This such a pretty traybake, figs have such a lovely appearance.
Curly says
Thanks 🙂 I love figs, they’re so pretty as well as tasty!
Eb Gargano says
I love it when an easy bake looks really impressive, which is definitely the case here! What a great way to eat figs 😀 Eb x
Louise Fairweather says
Oh I love figs, but hadn’t thought of putting them in cake. Thanks for linking up to #cookblogshare
Anthony says
I have just made this and it has a great flavour and texture.
Even after I cooked it for 30min it was still uncooked around and below the figs. I used half figs and will try quarters next time. Perhaps warm up the figs before putting them in the mixture as well?
I will defiantly make it again.
Curly says
Hi Anthony, so pleased you liked it 🙂 I usually slice the figs into four pieces so they are quite thin. As you’ve mentioned if they are quite thick the cake underneath them might not cook as quickly. I don’t know if warming the figs would make any difference but I would definitely try slicing them thinner 🙂