fig leaf cake, oil, and buttercream
breaking down this unique ingredient and playing with it three ways
Summer is ending (or has it ended already?). Before it did, I wanted to pay a little homage to the fig leaf. To me, nothing says California baking quite like fig leaf. There is something so magical, powerful, medicinal, and soothing about picking a few leaves and infusing it in many ways into a bake. Similarly, think of peach leaves, raspberry leaves, m…