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Cupcakes with figs and dates

Prep Time: 12 min / Cook Time: 40 min / Total Time: 52 min

"Sticky date pudding" is an incredibly famous dessert from Australia.

Actually - date pudding has two parts. The first one is the moist, light, and fluffy sponge cake prepared mainly using dates as the key ingredient. The second portion of this dessert is the toffee sauce, butterscotch sauce, or caramel sauce made using cream, sugar, and butter.

The sticky pudding is finally served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or custard, complementing the rich pudding flavors very well.

But! If you don't want to stick in caramel (as I am - or just still never try to make it) - let's simplify the recipe and do something delicious but not so sweet.

I decided to change the classic recipe a little more and use figs. I liked the result. That's why I show it to you!

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Cupcakes with figs and dates

Yield: 16 mini cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes with figs and dates

50 gr dried pitted dates (Or you can use (replace them with ) figs at all)
200 gr dried figs
56 gr butter
1.5 tsp soda
200 gr water
100 gr sugar
70 gr nuts (I have Brazil nuts)
2 eggs
200 gr flour
56 gr coconut (or another vegetable) oil
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine dates, figs, oil, and baking soda. Pour in 1 glass of water. Mix well and cook for 7 minutes after boiling. Let cool.

Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Postpone.

Add sugar, coconut (or another vegetable) oil, chopped nuts, and eggs to the mixture of figs and dates and mix.

Mix dry ingredients and wet.

Cut of a individual cake bar. Cut of an individual cake bar.

The cupcakes made of figs and dates stand one by one. The cupcakes made of figs and dates stand one by one.

Spoon into prepared pan(s) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. It is 50 to 60 minutes for a large-size pan or 35 to 40 minutes for small cupcakes.

I made 16 mini-rectangles 8x3x2 cm 180°C 40 min.