Fig And Almond Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup raw almonds (not blanched)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
12 -14 ripe figs
2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation

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.