Fig and Almond Cake | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole dried black mission figs
• 1 cup whole dried brown calymyrna figs
• 2 cups flour
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground mace
• 1 tsp. allspice
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 ³⁄₄ cups light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• ¹⁄₂ cup sour cream
• 2 cups coarsely chopped roasted almonds
• ¹⁄₂ cup sugar
• ¹⁄₄ cup Armagnac