Sensational! But you have to work quickly once the figs start to caramelise. The caramel will set rock hard if left too long, so serve as soon as you are finished with the stacking.
Print Recipe Horlicks and caramel cake Serves: 10 Cooking Time: 50 mins + refrigeration Ingredients Sponge 250g butter, softened 250g castor sugar 100ml Horlicks (10ml [2 tsp] Horlicks powder with 100ml boiling water), cooled 300g cake flour 15ml (1 tbsp) baking powder pinch salt 5 large eggs 100g pecan nuts, chopped Icing 250g butter, softened
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