Description
Suitable for a sweet winter snack, this Italian favorite with dried figs and nuts is soft and great with wine or a glass of milk.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 eggs
- 100 g 3½ oz-½ cup raw sugar
- 80 ml 2 ½ fl oz mild extra virgin olive oil or 100 ml (3½ fl oz) organic cold-pressed sunflower oil
- 300 g 11 oz Kamut flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 15 g ½oz organic baking powder
- pinch of sea salt
- 200 g 7 oz dried figs
- 50 g Nuts of choice (chopped)
Instructions
- Beat the egg yolks with sugar and oil.
- Add the flour, vanilla, baking powder and mix.
- Whip the egg whites until stiff with a pinch of salt and, when ready, gently add them to the dough.
- Add dried figs and nuts coarsely chopped.
- Oiled and flour a cake pan (or lined with baking paper) and pour the mixture.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F/gas 4) for 25-30 minutes.
- Category: Baking, Dessert
- Cuisine: Italian