Fig Cake With Agave Syrup

• 1 1/8 cups farina
• 3 tablespoons potato starch
• 5 9/16 tablespoons agave syrup
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup soy milk or rice milk
• 2/3 tablespoon baking powder
• salt
• 9 figs -10 ripe
• 2 tablespoons rum
• hazelnuts chopped coarsely
• 2 tablespoons agave syrup

1. Sift the flour and the baking powder, add the potato starch and a pinch of salt and combine well.
2. Combine the agave syrup, the oil, and the milk in a pitcher.
3. Pour the liquid ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients, mixing until the batter is uniform in consistency.
4. Add the rum.
5. Peel the figs, set 4 figs aside for later and cut the rest into pieces, add the fig pieces to the batter, stirring to combine.
6. Line an 18 centimeter cake pan with wax paper and add the batter.
7. Cut the remaining figs into quarters and place them on the surface of the cake.
8. Sprinkle with the chopped hazelnuts and drizzle a few tablespoons of agave syrup.
9. Bake at 170C for approximately 60 minutes.
10. Remove the cake from the oven, let it cool, drizzle more syrup over the top and serve.

farina, potato starch, syrup, vegetable oil, soy milk, baking powder, salt, rum, syrup

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Fig-Cake-with-Agave-Syrup-632311 (may not work)