Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 inch round pan with parchment or wax paper. Spray with non-stick cooking spray.

Beat butter or margarine with sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in almond extract.

Mix flour, baking powder and ground almonds in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs until pale and thick.

Fold dry ingredients into butter mixture, alternately with whisked eggs.

Spoon mixture into prepared pan and arrange apricots, rounded-side up, on top.

Bake for 35 minutes.

Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Carefully remove cake from pan, lift off parchment or wax paper, then place, with apricot side up, on a wire rack. Cool for 10 minutes more.

Melt apricot jam with water in a small pan. Press mixture through a sieve into a bowl. Brush top of cake with apricot glaze and scatter almonds on top.

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