Honey Fig Almond Cake Recipes

ALMOND, HONEY AND FIG CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Stir the 4 tablespoons of honey into 4 tablespoons of boiling water and add the lemon juice and figs. Leave to soak for at least an hour. 2. Heat the oven to 160°C/fan 140°C/gas 3 and grease and line a 20cm cake tin. 3. Put the almonds, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine and break up any clumps. Whisk together the eggs, honey and olive oil in a separate bowl, then stir into the dry ingredients. 4. Pour into the prepared tin and arrange the figs on top, reserving the soaking liquid. Bake for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown on top, and firmish. 5. Use a cocktail stick to poke a few small holes in the top of the cake and pour over the fig soaking liquid, waiting for the cake to absorb each dose before adding more. Allow to cool completely before

HONEY FIG ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 6 inch springform pan, and line bottom with parchment paper.
• Beat sugar butter together with a stand or hand mixer, until light and fluffy, about 4-5 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time. Then pour in the flours and blend well.
• Pour bater in prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes, until still moist, but golden and baked through.
• Remove from oven and let cool. Open springform, and put on cake stand. Top with figs, and drizzle with a 1/4 cup of raw honey.

FIG AND ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. 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 sugar and bake for 30 minutes, until golden outside and dry at center when probed with a cake tester. Cool before serving.

LITTLE FIG & ALMOND CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line 10 holes of a muffin tin with muffin cases. Tip the flour, butter, caster sugar, ground almonds, rose water and eggs into a food processor and blitz until completely combined, scraping down the side and blitzing again if you need to.
• Divide the batter between the muffin cases, then halve the figs through the stalks and finely slice each half. Fan a sliced fig half over each and press down gently. Scatter over the flaked almonds, then bake the cakes for 40 mins until puffed up and golden. Remove from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack. Serve dusted with icing sugar, if you like.

HONEY ROASTED FIG & ALMOND TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 180C/ conventional 200C/gas 6. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a shallow loose-bottomed 25cm flan tin. Make sure the pastry comes above the rim - it may shrink in baking and the filling could spill. Chill for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut the figs in half lengthways and sit them cut side up on a roasting tray. Mix the orange juice and honey in a bowl, pour over the figs and roast for 10-12 minutes until just soft. Drain off any juice into a saucepan and reserve.
• Prick the base of the chilled pastry case all over with a fork, then line with greaseproof paper and fill with baking beans. Bake blind for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and bake for a further 5-10 minutes until the pastry is golden. Remove from the oven and reduce the temperature to fan 130C/conventional 150C/ gas 2. Leave the pastry case to cool slightly before filling.
• Cream butter and sugar in a food processor or with an electric beater until smooth and pale. Tip in the ground almonds and zest and whizz briefly to combine. Add egg yolks and 1 tbsp of the reserved fig juice and whizz again until smooth. Spread evenly over the pastry case.
• Gently press the figs cut side up into the almond mixture. Bake for 11⁄4 hours or until it's golden all over (don't worry if the centre still seems soft - a little gooeyness is good). Leave in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove sides and transfer on its base to a wire rack to cool.
• Before serving, take the tart off its base and transfer to a flat platter or board. If you have juice left from roasting the figs, bring it to the boil and simmer for 1-2 minutes until sticky and syrupy. Brush this over the figs and serve as soon as possible, while the syrup is still glossy on the figs (it will start to seep through into the filling if you leave it too long).