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Get ready to experience a fusion of flavors like never before! Our Vanilla Fig Blackcurrant Fancies is a perfect blend of sweet, tangy, and earthy notes that will leave your taste buds begging for more. Perfect for any occasion or just a day-ending treat.
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Vanilla Fig Blackcurrant Fancies
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cooling Time: 1 hours
- Cook Time: 16 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies and Tarts
Description
These decadent treats are a unique blend of sweet, tart, and creamy flavors that will surely leave you wanting more. Perfect for a mid-week treat, or to serve at your next gathering.
Ingredients
- 3 Extra large eggs
- 250 ml (1 cup) sugar
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) oil
- 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
- 313 ml cake flour (1 1/4 cup flour)
- 10 ml (2 tsp) baking powder
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) pure 100% orange juice (heat in the microwave for warm juice for 1 minute)
Instructions
- Cream sugar eggs with a hand beater.
- Add vanilla essence, oil, and hot juice.
- Add sifted flour and baking powder.
- The mixture is runny.
- I used 50 ml batter in a cupcake holder and bake it at 170C / 338 F for 16 minutes in the Thermofan oven or until it springy when you touch it.
- Remove the cupcake holder dip fancy in smooth apricot jam and roll it in roasted fine coconut.
- Pipe with whipped cream and add ripe fig jam in the center or black currant preserve.
- Garnish with fresh fig cut in small, tiny slices.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested Feriel Sonday from SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 1240
- Sugar: 217
- Sodium: 49
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 3
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 281
- Fiber: 5
- Protein: 21
- Cholesterol: 59
Roast the coconut in the oven on a tray until golden brown.
Watch it carefully, turn it over, and mix it until all the coconut is brown. Let it cool off before you roll the fancy cake in the toasted coconut.
Jam Syrup:
1 cup smooth jam
½ cup water
Coil jam and water until syrupy. Let it cool off and roll the fancy in it and then in the roasted coconut. Add any filling of your choice, be it as per this recipe, caramel, or strawberry preserve.
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So many delicious flavors!
I love these little fancies, and as you say delicious flavours. Hope you have time to test it out