Figgy Orange Streusel Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oatmeal
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/3 cup pecans
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup butter, cold
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups dried figs, mission or calimyrna, chopped
• 1 tablespoon orange zest

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 streusel:
• 3 grease and flour a 10" (4l) tube pan. combine all ingredients for streusel in food processor.
• 4 pulse just until chunky (or chop nuts and mix with other ingredients). set aside.
• 5 cake:
• 6 beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy.
• 7 beat in eggs, one at a time. combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. add to butter mixture alternatively with buttermilk, making 3 additions of flour mixture and 2 of buttermilk.
• 8 stir in figs and zest.
• 9 spread half of batter in prepared pan; sprinkle with half the streusel.
• 10 spread remaining batter on top; sprinkle with remaining streusel.
• 11 bake in centre of 350ºf (180ºc) oven for 50-60 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 12 cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes, then remove and serve warm or cool.