Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 250g caster sugar
- 200g plain flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 50g melted butter
- 4 figs thinly sliced
To fill
- 600ml double cream whipped to soft peaks
- 200g fig jam
To decorate
- Icing sugar
- Cocoa powder
- Figs
- 200g Dolcelatte
- 50g speck
- 8 figs 1/2d
- 2 tbs Balsamic
- Few mint leaves
Method
Chocolate and Fig Gateau
Pre-heat oven to 180c.
Grease and line a 28cm cake tin, sit the sliced figs all around the edges.
Whisk the eggs and sugar to ribbon stage sieve and fold in the flour cocoa and butter pour onto a lined cake tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Slice in ½ horizontally fill with jam and cream then sit the top on.
Dust all over with icing sugar and cocoa powder.
Baked Figs
Heat the oven to 200c.
Place the figs into an oven proof dish top with speck and the cheese bake for 10 minutes then drizzle in balsamic and top with mint.
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 250g caster sugar
- 200g plain flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 50g melted butter
- 4 figs thinly sliced
To fill
- 600ml double cream whipped to soft peaks
- 200g fig jam
To decorate
- Icing sugar
- Cocoa powder
- Figs
- 200g Dolcelatte
- 50g speck
- 8 figs 1/2d
- 2 tbs Balsamic
- Few mint leaves
Method
Chocolate and Fig Gateau
Pre-heat oven to 180c.
Grease and line a 28cm cake tin, sit the sliced figs all around the edges.
Whisk the eggs and sugar to ribbon stage sieve and fold in the flour cocoa and butter pour onto a lined cake tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Slice in ½ horizontally fill with jam and cream then sit the top on.
Dust all over with icing sugar and cocoa powder.
Baked Figs
Heat the oven to 200c.
Place the figs into an oven proof dish top with speck and the cheese bake for 10 minutes then drizzle in balsamic and top with mint.