# Honey and Cream Orange Cake with Fig Jam

This recipe combines the Philosophy Honey and Cream ingredients with a Portokalopita-inspired orange cake and fig jam.

- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 720 ml Chilled heavy cream
- 6 - 8 tbsp Honey to taste
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 6 Orange slices
- 100 g Brown sugar
- 100 g Granulated sugar
- 120 ml Water
- Dough:
- 200 g All-purpose flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 0.5 tsp Salt
- 3 large Eggs
- 80 ml Vegetable oil
- 60 ml Orange Juice (abt. one orange)
- 1 Orange, zested
- 150 g Fig jam

## Instructions

1. In a large bowl, pour 720 ml of chilled heavy cream.
2. Beat the heavy cream using an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
3. Add honey to the whipped cream.
4. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the whipped cream.
5. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.
6. In a saucepan, add brown sugar, granulated sugar, and water. Stir to combine.
7. Add orange slices to the liquid mixture in the saucepan.
8. In a bowl, combine granulated sugar, eggs, and vegetable oil. Whisk until well combined.
9. Add vanilla extract, orange juice, and orange zest to the egg mixture. Whisk well.
10. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into the wet ingredients.
11. Stir until the batter is smooth.
12. Grease and flour a round cake pan.
13. Sprinkle a small amount of granulated sugar at the bottom of the pan.
14. Arrange the cooked orange slices on the bottom of the prepared cake pan.
15. Pour the cake batter over the orange slices in the pan.
16. Add granulated sugar to the saucepan with the remaining liquid from cooking oranges.
17. Add vanilla extract and honey to the liquid in the saucepan.
18. Add orange juice to the mixture in the saucepan.
19. Once the cake is baked, carefully remove the parchment paper from the top, revealing the orange slices.
20. Brush the top of the cake with the orange-honey syrup made earlier.
21. Top the cake with generous dollops of the prepared whipped cream.
22. Spread the whipped cream evenly over the cake.
23. Add spoonfuls of fig jam on top of the whipped cream.
24. Drizzle honey over the fig jam and whipped cream.
25. Slice and serve the cake.

## Equipment

- Electric mixer
- Large bowl
- Saucepan
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Round cake pan
- Fork
- Brush

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNHpVHHPx29up-splpP/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bdd873e1-ad40-497f-b74c-496af51c491d
- Extracted: 2025-07-30

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