Chocolate and Fig Gateau and Baked Figs

A rich chocolate sponge layered with fig jam and whipped cream, finished with fresh figs, cocoa and icing sugar. Plus, delicious baked figs with Dolcelatte, speck, balsamic and mint. Two simple and delicious ways to enjoy figs!

Ingredients

Chocolate and Fig Gateau
  • 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
Baked 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

Chocolate and Fig Gateau
  • 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
Baked 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.