Sometimes a girl needs to leave her mixers alone.
To be honest, I was a bit apprehensive about this cake because I wasn't sure brown sugar, figs and lavender would all go very well together, but I was pleasantly surprised. Also there's almond flour in the cake, so it has a nice nuttiness to it. It's not really your light, fluffy airy cake. It's dense, rich and comforting. My friend ate the cake leftovers for dinner the next day. True story.
Recipe Source: My own creation
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
The topping
Black mission figs: 10 (fresh), stemmed and sliced into halves
Dark brown sugar: 1/2 Cup, firmly packed
Salted Butter: 5 Tbsp
Lavender: 1/4 Tsp
The cake
All purpose flour: 3/4 cup
Almond flour: 1/4 cup
White Sugar: 3/4 cup
Unsalted butter: 1/2 cup, melted
Eggs: 2
Sour Cream: 1/2 cup
Salt: 1/4 Tsp
Baking Powder: 1/2 Tsp
Lavender: 1/4 Tsp
Pretty, no?
Mix all dry ingredients. All-purpose flour, almond flour, sugar, lavender, baking powder and salt.
Mix all wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Melted butter, beaten eggs and sour cream.
Mix everything. Mix mix.
Pour batter onto the pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. I would recommend checking every few minutes after 20 minutes.