What do you do with a bag of squashed figs? This was the dilemma that faced me last week when Sandra gave me the figs from the fruit man, but they ended up a little the worse for wear on the journey home. Thankfully, Google had the answer - I found this recipe for fig bread on About.com.
With 2 cups of mashed figs, this bread is incredibly moist, so I recommend keeping it in the fridge. If you only want one loaf, halve the recipe - it makes a lot of batter. I forgot the nuts, but believe these would have made a nice textural change to the pudding-like texture of the loaf.
I gave one of the loaves (the better looking one photographed for this post) to Sandra to share with whomever she chose. I laughed when I heard that she put candles on it as a birthday cake for our colleague Jeff, whose birthday was incidentally on the same day as when I brought the loaf in.
Verdict - if you like figs and moist, fruity cakes, then this is for you.
This bread sounds like just the ticket! Hubby loves moist breads and not the dry ones. It sounds lovely spread with some honey and ricotta! :)
ReplyDeleteYou've been on quite a baking/cooking spree. Great looking loaf!
ReplyDeleteI love figs and fruity cakes. :) Great ad hoc birthday cake.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at someone in the supermarket yesterday buying figs on special and wondering what they would do with them - I am sure I would love this cake - love dried figs in fruit cake so surely this would have some similar flavours and textures
ReplyDeleteI used dried figs in some of my bread, but this is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good to me - maybe with some coffee for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThis looks and sounds so delicious! I love figs!
ReplyDeleteOhh yum i can imagine how sweet and moist this must be :) Yummy ~ thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up in South Carolina we had two fig trees in our backyard, so summers were spent making preserves with my mom. I didn't realize how expensive figs were back then and wish I had those trees now because figs are so expensive in California. Your bread looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteSounds and looks delicious...and it works as a birthday cake as well, what's not to love about all that in one recipe?!! Now I am really craving figs.
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