To start off, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. After that, wash and chop up the figs into tiny pieces. The smaller the pieces, the better. You could also just mash the figs using a fork.

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A Glorious Browned Butter Skillet Fig Cake Recipe to Welcome Early Fall. The deep, nutty flavor of browned butter makes a perfect companion for the fresh figs that are still in season.

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter and flour a 9-inch round springform pan. Cream together the butter and sugar in an electric mixer set at medium speed for 3 minutes, until the ...

Place 2 to 3 fig slices, slightly overlapping, in center of cake. Arrange remaining fig slices, slightly overlapping, in a circle around cake, about 1/2 inch from edge of pan.

While the cake bakes, make the fig filling and sauce: Cut the figs into 1/2-inch pieces then place in a medium saucepan, along with the water, honey and salt and bring to a boil.

Add seeded lemon slices to fig mixture (using about 1 lemon for every 2 pounds of figs), and cook until thick. Put into hot sterilized jars and seal. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

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