Oatmeal Fig Cake With Streusel

Another year, another great fig recipe! I might sound a bit too full of my baking skills at this point, but once you try this healthier, flourless easy oatmeal fig cake with streusel topping you will understand my excitement. And you’ll become a fan. Finally, I will have a fan!!! That’s the dream and I love you.

She said like a true lunatic. But a lunatic who knows a few delicious ways to use up fresh figs. Be it by baking these oatmeal fig bars, making fig jam without a ton of sugar or freezing those figs to make smoothies with them. And now, by making them into a flourless oatmeal fig cake.

You can serve the cake as is or for dessert with extra things. Here’s how I eat it: whenever I need something sweeter, I grab a piece out of the fridge, let it sit at room temperature for 5 minutes and then eat in front of the computer.

Sometimes, on rare occasions, I heat it up in the oven for 5 minutes and serve with vanilla ice cream and enjoy it on my balcony.

I said rare occasions, as if this didn’t happen 3 times last week. I guess relative to the 365 days of the year, it is RARE.

Here’s how to make the fig cake, when you get your hands on this tasty fruit:

Oatmeal Fig Cake With Streusel

Yield: 8

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

This oatmeal fig cake with streusel topping is my new favorite coffee companion! It's super tasty and nutritious as it combines yogurt, oats, cashews, coconut oil and of course - our fresh figs! This is a great recipe for snacks or dessert!

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Ingredients

Fig Cake Base:

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• 3 tbsp yogurt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup 2 tbsp oats - grind them
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs

Figs

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• 1 cup figs*
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• vanilla
• pinch of salt

Streusel

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• 1/4 cup cashews
• 1/2 cup oats
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 tbsp maple syrup (or to taste)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Chop the figs and saute in a pan with coconut oil, vanilla, pinch of salt and a tsp of water for about 5 minutes at medium-high. Then remove from heat.
2. To make the base, mix the yogurt and baking soda. Add eggs, then the coconut oil. Then stir in vanilla, sugar and lastly the ground oats. Once homogeneous, line a small baking pan (mine is round 15cm/6″) with parchment paper and spread. Once the figs have cooled off, add them in clusters on top.
3. Last, but not least: make the streusel! Add the oats and the cashews to your blender and grind them. In a bowl combine melted coconut oil with maple syrup, a pinch of salt and cinnamon. Then stir in the "flour" you just made until you get something like cookie dough - this is the streusel.
4. Preheat the oven to 350F/180C.
5. Grab some of the streusel and flatten it between your fingers, spreading it all over the fig cake to cover the figs.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.
7. Take out of the oven and let cool for 15 minutes and then slice carefully.
8. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Serve as is or warm with ice cream.

Notes

*so last time I used more figs (around 2 cups) and though it was still tasty, I found those to be too many for the recipe - one cup is more than enough. But if you have more to use up - make a bigger base or try the fig bars.

Nutrition Information

Yield 8 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 252Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 10gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 47mgSodium 147mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 3gSugar 13gProtein 5g

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FAQ (by me):

• Can you use fig jam instead of fresh figs: YES! We will sauté the figs, so fig jam can be a great here too.
• Why don’t you use flour in the recipe? I don’t deal very well with gluten and also I like to make things more wholesome. So I’m using oats in this fig cake recipe and not wheat flour.
• Can I make it dairy-free? I haven’t tested it, but dairy-free yogurt could work too. Another way to make the cake fluffier is using lemon juice or vinegar with the baking soda.
• Can you meal prep it? If you’re like me and have a sweet tooth and always look for something sweet after a meal – this is a great cake to have in the fridge. It isn’t overly sweet and it’s much healthier than packaged desserts.

More Easy Flourless Dessert Recipes

I hope you enjoy this flourless oatmeal fig cake with streusel topping! I have many other flourless dessert recipes that you will (probably) love, so if you’re in the mood for baking and using up fruit, try some of these:

• Flourless Healthy Apple Breakfast Cake
• Easy Flourless Pumpkin Cake
• Banana Oatmeal Muffins
• Oatmeal Carrot Cake

Originally published in September 2025, last updated with new photos and tips in September 2026.