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Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Prepare a medium size cake tin with baking paper or butter the surfaces.
Place the dates, the figs, the orange zest and juice, the cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and vanilla essence and salt into a bowl a mix through together. Mix it into almost a textured paste like form. Set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar in an electric stand mixer (or electric hand mixer) until the mixture has become lighter in colour and creamy (it will still be a bit dark because of the brown sugar). Start to add the eggs 1 by 1 until each one is completely mixed through. Remove the bowl from the electric mixer and add the flour by sifting it into the bowl, along with the baking powder. Mix the bicarb soda and vinegar together and add it to the bowl as well. Fold the flour and dry ingredients through the wet ingredients and add the figs and spice mixture, combine well. Transfer into a cake tin, smooth the top evenly and place into the oven. Bake for 40 minutes or until the cake surface is golden brown (test if cooked with a wooden skewer - if it comes out clean and dry it is cooked).
When the cake has nearly finished cooking, make the butterscotch sauce by placing all of the sauce ingredients into a small pot, stirring continuously whilst the butter melts, bring to a light simmer and set aside.
Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Remove the cake from the tin and use a fork to prick lots of tiny littles holes over the cake surface. Pour ¾ of the sauce over the cake surface and use a spatula or spoon to lightly help the sauce soak into the cake – you might need to do this in 2 batches. (Some of the sauce will run down the sides of the cake)
Top the cake with extra fresh figs and serve with extra butterscotch sauce and cream or vanilla ice cream.
Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes baking time + 5 minutes for the sauce Makes: 8-10 slices
Recipe by Anastasia Zolotarev.Click hereto see her blog.
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