Chunky apple, fig and pecan cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
150 Gm dried figs, coarsely chopped
4 Apples, such as Golden Delicious or Lady Williams
2 tablespoons Sugar
185 Gm butter, chopped
1 cup Brown sugar
3 Eggs
½ cup Buttermilk
280 Gm self-raising flour
½ teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon Ground cloves
125 Gm pecans, coarsely chopped
Caramel sauce (recipe follows), to serve (optional)
Vanilla ice-cream or thick cream (optional), to serve
⅔ cup Cream
¾ cup Brown sugar
50 Gm unsalted butter
1½ tablespoon Golden syrup

Directions

CARAMEL SAUCE

Source: Australian Gourmet Traveller March'94 Cover figs with warm water and set aside for 30 minutes. Drain well. Core, peel and chop 1 apple. Combine with sugar and ½ cup water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 minutes, or until reduced to a thick sauce. Cool. Beat butter and brown sugar until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in ½ cup prepared apple sauce and buttermilk. Sift the flour with soda, cinnamon and cloves. Peel, core and coarsely chop remaining apples and toss with drained figs, pecans and ¼ cup flour mixture. Fold the flour and then apple mixture through butter mixture. Spoon into a buttered and lightly floured 6-8-cup fluted ring tin and cook at 180C for 1 hour, or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Stand in tin for 2-3 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool, or on to a platter to serve warm. Pour over a little caramel sauce, serve with vanilla ice-cream or cream and pass remaining sauce, if desired.

Caramel sauce: Combine ⅔ cup cream, ¾ cup brown sugar, 50g unsalted butter and 1½ tablespoons golden syrup in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until smooth and well combined. Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and serve warm or at room temperature. Bon Appetit, Exec. Chef Magnus Johansson Posted to FOODWINE Digest 26 November 96 Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 17:44:50 +0000 From: Joell Abbott <abbott@...>

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