Moist Nougat And Fig Muffins With Spicy Syrup

• 2 eggs
• 5 5/8 tablespoons sugar
• 9/16 cup white flour
• 4 tablespoons buckwheat flour
• 1 tablespoon cream white nougat
• 5/8 cup melted butter optional
• 1/2 tablespoon cream fresh
• 4 3/8 tablespoons ground almonds
• 5 figs
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• water 15 cl.
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick

1. In a bowl beat the eggs with the sugar, add the flours, nougat cream, melted butter, cream, and almonds.
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
3. Pour the batter into muffin molds to 2/3 full.
4. Cut the figs in 6 pieces.
5. Place the pieces of figs in the batter pushing gently.
6. Bake for 25 minutes.
7. To prepare the syrup, in a saucepan, add all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes.
8. When the muffins are cooked, take them out of the oven, place on a wire rack, and sprinkle the surface with hot syrup.

eggs, sugar, white flour, buckwheat flour, cream white nougat, butter, cream fresh, ground almonds, figs, sugar, water, anise, cinnamon

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Moist-Nougat-and-Fig-Muffins-with-Spicy-Syrup-2029755 (may not work)