Almond Flour Loaf Cake with Honey Roasted Figs

by Lindsay Cotter · 09/17/2018

Almond Flour Loaf Cake with Honey Roasted Figs is moist and sweet, and ALMOST too pretty to eat! This loaf cake recipe makes a paleo and gluten free cake that is perfect for a healthier dessert or brunch treat! The best part about this loaf cake is that is has no refined sugars because it’s sweetened with honey – nature’s candy!

a gluten free almond flour loaf cake made with honey roasted figs baked into it

Want you to know that this honey-sweetened loaf cake post is sponsored by World Vision. Their programs help those in need, so let’s show them some Cotter Crunch love in return, m’kay?!

These posts make me happy (and hungry). Passion and heart and all things GOOD in the world. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I want to say it again. THANK YOU for letting me share this space with you and share my heart for gluten free eating. It’s a delight and JOY and today I’m extra delighted to be partnering with World Vision. HEART IS FULL! BELLY IS soon to be full! Best of BOTH WORLD, am I right? Yes.

Let’s chat about how this almond loaf cake recipe came about.

With one superfood ingredient that nurtures us and is naturally sweet, just like World Vision. HONEY! Okay and fig too, but you get my point. Natural sweetness from the earth!

How to Make Naturally Sweetened Desserts

One of my favorite parts of creating recipes is finding healthy ways to stay clear of refined sugars and sweeten them naturally instead. My natural sweeteners of choice are usually one of these:

coconut sugar, like in my recipe for Coconut Sugar Cinnamon Cake Bites
maple syrup, like in this Maple Almond Earl Grey Tea Loaf Cake (Vegan friendly)
or HONEY, like in today’s recipe for almond flour loaf cake with honey roasted figs

Desserts made with honey are what I like to call NATURE’S CANDY! With an ingredient as naturally sweet as honey, who needs added sugar? Not me!

How Honey Helps Those In Need

Here’s something to think about… giving back, or in a sense, paying it forward.

Look at it this way: Bees give us honey, so in return, we should give back by taking care of the bees.

That’s exactly what World Vision does, which is just one of the many reasons that I adore the work they do! World Vision’s work connects through economic empowerment. They have an awesome program where you can donate beehives and training to an impoverished family. Then the family uses the bees and their honey as a source of income, to better support their families.

Then someone buys the honey and bakes an almond flour loaf cake with honey roasted figs! See what I mean about paying it forward?! EVERYONE is made better by one single donation.

Last April, World Vision sent a food blogger named Melissa Bailey down to the Dominican Republic to witness the beehive donation program in action. All that pure, unprocessed honey that was extracted by hard working men and women of the beekeeper association. This is group of 15 farmers who are looking for a way to earn extra income in the Dominican Republic. And guess what? Did you know that World Vision gave them their first 15 hives? So so cool! So when you donate to world vision to sponsor a child, you also support a community and help it thrive!

You can read all about it in Melissa’s honey blog post. She came home and created a recipe for honey flan that you’ll find in that blog post, too. Hello delicious naturally sweetened flan!

So what do you think? Are you ready to put on an apron and make some delicious, honey sweetened loaf cake?

How to Make Honey Roasted Fig Loaf Cake

Coat your fresh figs in a little butter or coconut oil and honey. Then roast in the oven, sliced!
Now make your almond cake loaf…similar to my cinnamon bread, this cake is made with just almond flour and coconut flour and well, extra fig and honey mixed in!
Bake, slice, drizzle with honey, serve.
ENJOY!