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# Fig Spice Cake
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/fig_spice_cake_0224110715/
- Published: 2011-02-24T20:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:54:50.000Z
- Description: Soak cut figs in hot water for an hour, then stir them into a batter of sunflower oil, molasses, brown sugar, two flours and warm spices. Bake 45 to 50 minutes in a 9-inch pan and cut into nine squares. From Dorothy R. Bates' Holiday Diet Cookbook.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Baked Goods, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

This is a moist, flavorful cake to enjoy without guilt.

**Remove stems from figs, cut up, and soak for 1 hour:**  
1 cup cut-up figs  
1 cup hot water

**Measure into bowl:**  
1/4 cup sunflower oil  
1/3 cup molasses  
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed  
1/3 cup water from soaking figs

Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9" x 9" pan.

**Add to the wet ingredients:**  
1 cup whole wheat flour  
1 cup unbleached flour  
2 teaspoons baking powder  
1/2 teaspoon baking soda  
1 teaspoon cinnamon  
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg  
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Stir, adding the figs. Pour into the pan and bake 45-50 minutes, until cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.

Cool. Cut into nine squares. Dust with at sprinkle of confectioners sugar if desired.

Recipe from *Holiday Diet Cookbook* by Dorothy R. Bates.

*Originally published on PCRM.org and republished with permission*