by AdobeStock/nikolaydonetsk
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups pastry flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 egg whites, well-beaten
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
For the dark batter
- 1½ cups figs, diced and floured
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add milk.
- Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Add half of the flour mixture to creamed butter mixture. Add egg whites. Add remaining flour mixture and lemon extract.
- Reserve 1⁄3 of the batter in a separate bowl. Add ingredients for the dark batter to the remaining 2⁄3 of the batter and mix well.
- Place light and dark batter in a greased and lightly floured round tube pan by alternating spoonfuls.
- Place in a moderate oven (350 F). Increase heat to 360 F and bake for 25 minutes. Decrease to 350 F and bake for 30 minutes.
