Valley Fig Growers

Fig and Apricot Mini Bundt® Cakes

Makes 6 mini cakes

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger (1 1/2 oz.)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon each baking powder and baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 8 ounces Blue Ribbon Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid Calimyrna Figs, stemmed and chopped
  • 2/3 cup Sun-Maid Dried Apricots, sliced in thin strips (3 ounces)
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat mini-Bundt‚ pan (6 individual cups)* with vegetable cooking spray. In large bowl, beat sugar, buttermilk, oil, applesauce, ginger and egg. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to sugar mixture and beat well. Stir in chopped figs. Combine apricots, brown sugar and butter; spoon mixture evenly on bottom of mini-Bundt‚ cups. Pour batter over apricots, filling each cup to 1/4-inch below rim. Bake 20 minutes until golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan 2 minutes; turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.

*May use large muffin cups.

Nutrition Information

amount per serving

  • Calories 563
  • % Calories from Fat 23%
  • Fat 15
  • Cholesterol 47
  • Protein 7
  • Carbohydrates 103
  • Fiber 7
  • Iron 3
  • Sodium 490
  • Calcium 164
  • Potassium 527