Eggless Fig and Orange Cake - With Flax Seed Egg Replacer
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
To make Flaxseed egg replacer- to replace 1 egg
  • Freshly Ground flax seeds- 1 tbsp
  • Water- 3 tbsp
To make the cake batter
  • All purpose flour- 1½ cups
  • Baking powder- ½ tsp
  • Sugar- ¾ cup
  • Salt- ¼ tsp
  • Olive oil- ½ cup (light tasting olive oil)
  • Milk- ½ cup
  • Prepared Flaxseed egg replacer (or add 1 egg)
  • Dried figs, chopped small- 1½ cups
  • Grated Orange zest- 1½ tsp
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. In a small bowl, combine freshly ground flax seeds with water and let stand for 15 minutes till it thickens. This will replace 1 egg.
  3. Into a bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
  4. Add sugar to it and combine well using a fork.
  5. In a measuring cup, whisk together olive oil and milk.
  6. Add the thickened ground flax seed to oil and milk, whisk well.
  7. Add the combined oil/milk/ground flaxseeds to the flour mix and combine well using a whisk till just combined. Do not over mix it.
  8. Add the chopped figs (remove any tough stems) and orange zest, gently fold into the batter.
  9. Grease a baking pan with non-stick cooking spray, line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
  10. Pour the batter into a 8 to 9 inch cake pan (round or square), even out the top.
  11. Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a fork inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  12. Remove the pan from the oven, let cool down completely for 15 minutes in the pan.
  13. Cut into squares or wedges and serve as an evening snack.
Notes
You could replace figs with dates, raisins, prunes, dried cherries etc.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/eggless-fig-and-orange-cake-with-flax-seed-egg-replacer/