Fig and Almond Cake

"Alas, I don't think it will stay warm enough for my figs to ripen this year, but someday I hope to make this cake, courtesy of the New York Times, by David Tanis."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
1 9-inch tart
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch fluted tart pan or pie pan; set aside.
  • Put almonds and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor and grind to a coarse powder.
  • Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; pulse to combine.
  • In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, melted butter, honey and almond extract.
  • Add almond mixture and beat for a minute until batter is just mixed. Pour batter into pan.
  • Remove stem from each fig and cut in half. Arrange fig halves cut-side up over the batter.
  • Sprinkle figs with 2 tbl.sugar and bake for 30 minutes, until golden outside and dry at center when probed with a cake tester. Cool before serving.

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My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!
 
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