Dessert: Buttermilk-Glazed Mini Fig Cakes with Vanilla Hard Sauce Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by James Farmer Muffin pans make the perfect baking vessels for these little fig cakes. Gussy them up by spooning a dollop or piping a silver dollar of hard sauce on top, and then garnish them with halved fresh figs, fresh herbs, or even pecan hal

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health and fertility benefits of Buttermilk-Glazed Mini Fig Cakes with Vanilla Hard Sauce Recipe | MyRecipes

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup fig preserves
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
Buttermilk Glaze
Vanilla Hard Sauce
Garnishes: fresh rosemary sprigs, fresh fig halves

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °. Stir together flour and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Gradually add oil, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended. Add buttermilk and vanilla, beating until blended. Fold in preserves and pecans.
Spoon batter into 2 lightly greased (12-cup) muffin pans, filling 20 muffin cups about three-fourths full.
Bake at 350 ° for 15 to 18 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire racks. Cool 15 minutes.
Drizzle cakes with Buttermilk Glaze. Cool 10 minutes. Pipe Vanilla Hard Sauce onto warm cakes, and serve.

Add a review for Buttermilk-Glazed Mini Fig Cakes with Vanilla Hard Sauce Recipe | MyRecipes