Finally in the effort to use up figs and apricots… it’s cake! It’s based on a Greek cake from Vefa’s Kitchen.

The cake doesn’t use butter, and uses whipped egg whites to create structure, which was a nice change! So I start by getting mise en place.

Then I make the egg white meringue thing. Whip to soft peaks, add the sugar to stiff peaks. Then the yolks get mixed in, then flour/cinnamon/baking powder folded in.

Then the chopped figs and apricots get folded in.

This then goes into a greased loaf tin. Oh and due to excess marzipan from the fig rolls… I shove a layer of that in the middle!

After an hour in a low oven, 130f, it looks great!

Then it sank :(

After a couple of hours it felt cold, so I turned it out.

Yeah… turns out it was still warm inside! Oh well… I’m not stopping now, I’m having a piece!

The end pieces are nicely done… but it’s a bit soggy in the middle. I think it probably could have done with an extra 10 minutes in the oven, plus a proper few hours to totally cool. However, it tastes lovely, a bit like xmas cake according to Soph.