The one fig tree we have is producing like you wouldn’t believe. Every day I put 1 – 2 gallons of figs in the freezer.
Figs
Besides munching on figs, I’m making lots of recipes using figs! Figs in salads, figs on pancakes ..
Figs
Earlier this week, I made a fig cake . .
Fig Cake
And a fig cake . .
Fig Cake
I would ask our guests what they wanted for dessert: Fig cake or . . fig cake?
The first one (with the figs on top) has ground almonds. I left them a bit coarser than almond flour. Our friend loved it and said “This tastes like something you would pay $12 per slice at some fancy coffee shop.” Vince, on the other hand, said it tasted like Metamucil. We all cracked up and I said “You really know how to make a girl feel good!”. He tried getting out of that hot water by saying it seemed more “fibery” and more healthy where the other one was more sugary and gooey.
I liked both cakes about equally though they are very different. These are the recipes I used:
Either recipe is great. #1 seems a bit more health; less sweet, and quite pretty. #2 is sugary, gooey and delicious. I recommend them both if you have an abundance of figs.
Sherrill says
Vince will have to start making fig wine..my neighbor behind me that has a gigantic fig tree (stands on top of 6 ft ladder and still stretches to reach the top! YIKES) made fig wine a few years back til it was coming out his ears!! No clue what else they did with them.
Theresa says
Mm mm!
Linda in NE says
The closes I’ve ever come to a fig is Fig Newtons and can’t say I was crazy about them. You have your figs and my husband can’t quit planting trees so I will be up to my eyeballs in apples & pears this fall. Already canned a bunch of Pristine apples. They’re kind of sweet, tart, crunchy….good to eat raw or cook with. I’m done with sweet corn, pretty well done with green beans, apricots & strawberries have been done for a while. I’m anxious for ripe tomatoes, but they’re just poking along, in no hurry to get ripe.
Gale says
Judy, are you sure you can’t just send some of those figs to California. I love figs like no one I know and can’t get fresh ones here without paying an arm and a leg for them. When I was growing up we always had fig preserves.