Title: Chunky apple, fig and pecan cake
 Categories: Cake, Apple, Fig, Pecan, Dessert
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
    150    Gm dried figs, coarsely
           -chopped
      4    Apples, such as Golden
           -Delicious or Lady Williams
      2 tb Sugar
    185    Gm butter, chopped
      1 c  Brown sugar
      3    Eggs
    1/2 c  Buttermilk
    280    Gm self-raising flour
    1/2 ts Bicarbonate of soda
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/2 ts Ground cloves
    125    Gm pecans, coarsely chopped
           Caramel sauce (recipe
           -follows), to serve
           -(optional)
           Vanilla ice-cream or thick
           -cream (optional), to serve

MMMMM-----------------------CARAMEL SAUCE----------------------------
    2/3 c  Cream
    3/4 c  Brown sugar
     50    Gm unsalted butter
  1 1/2 tb Golden syrup