Wine & Desserts Episode 5: Commandaria from Cyprus and Almond Caramel Fig Cake | Sisters Sans Gluten

almond flour

🥗Healthier: oat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Oat flour is gluten-free and can be more affordable.

fresh figs

🥗Healthier: dried figs

💰Cheaper: raisins

Dried figs and raisins are often more accessible and less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is plant-based and can be healthier.

caramel sauce

🥗Healthier: date caramel

💰Cheaper: homemade caramel

Date caramel is a natural sweetener with fewer processed ingredients.

Preheat the oven (temperature not specified).

Grease a Bundt pan (specific type not mentioned).

Mix almond flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.

In another bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Stir in vanilla extract until combined.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing until just combined.

Fold in chopped fresh figs gently into the batter.

Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan, smoothing the top.

Bake in the preheated oven (time not specified).

Allow the cake to cool in the pan before inverting onto a wire rack.

Drizzle warm caramel sauce over the cooled cake.

Dust with powdered sugar and sprinkle with sliced almonds before serving.

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