Almond Fig Cake

Published on May 3, 2019 (Updated March 10th, 2024) in • Desserts

A recipe for a light and moist almond fig cake.

This cake uses just 8 ingredients.

Almond meal is one of those ingredients and adds a nutty taste.

If you don’t have almond meal, you can make your own by blending raw almonds with skin on in a blender.

Butter, sugar, eggs, milk, flour and baking powder are also used to make this cake and it is topped with figs.

Figs are arranged on top of the cake before being baked.

The figs add a delicious, caramelized sweetness.

This extra sweetness is due to the sugar being brought out of the figs from baking.

This cake can be served after sitting for 10 minutes after being baked or served later after being chilled in the fridge.

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A recipe for almond fig cake.

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Preheat an oven to 180°C. Meanwhile, line a baking dish with about 5 grams of butter, then microwave the rest of the butter in a large bowl on high setting for 40 seconds to melt it. Add sugar to the bowl and mix until well combined.
Crack and add eggs to the butter and sugar mixture and whisk. Add the milk and almond meal, whisking until well combined.
Sift flour and baking powder into the mixture and stir until well combined, then pour the mixture into a baking dish.
To prepare the figs, cut the stem off and then cut each fig into 6 equal slices, then arrange them on top of the cake.
Bake the cake for 40 minutes and then let sit for 10 minutes, then serve, or refrigerate and serve later.