Fig and Almond Cake

4 Tablespoons butter, melted, plus butter for greasing pan

1 cup almond flour

1/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons Demerara sugar for sprinkling

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

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

12 to 14 rip figs

Heat oven to 375 degrees F/ Butter a 9-inch fluted tart pan or pie pan; set aside. Put almond flour, 1/4 cup sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and stir to combine.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, melted butter, honey and almond and vanilla extracts. 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 Demerara sugar and bake for 30 minutes, until golden outside and dry at center when probed with a cake tester. Cool before serving.