24/05/2026
Honey, fig & olive oil cake for my nene 🍯🌿
The start of my “Baking for Loneliness” series where I bake something, make a cuppa, and use it as an excuse to spend time with someone I love. This one was for my nene because she adores figs, olive oil and yoghurt… and honestly sometimes the smallest things, like sitting together over cake and tea, can mean the most.
This cake is soft, rustic, slightly nutty and somehow tastes even better the next day. Made in one bowl with almond meal, Greek yoghurt, honey and jammy fresh figs throughout. The kind of cake that feels like a warm hug.
Recipe:
Ingredients
• 180g Greek yoghurt
• 130ml extra virgin olive oil
• 100g honey
• 50g caster sugar or brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Zest of ½ orange
• 120g plain flour
• 80g almond meal
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate soda
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Pinch salt
• 120–150g fresh figs, chopped
Optional topping
• Extra fig slices
• Pistachios or walnuts
• Honey drizzle after baking
Method
1. Preheat oven to 170°C conventional. Grease and line a 16cm round tin.
2. In one bowl whisk together yoghurt, olive oil, honey, sugar, eggs, vanilla and orange zest.
3. Add flour, almond meal, baking powder, bicarb, cinnamon and salt. Fold gently until combined.
4. Fold through figs.
5. Pour into tin, top with extra figs and bake for 40–50 mins until golden.
6. Drizzle with extra honey while warm.
Bake something this week… and share it with someone who might need a little company too 🤍
