I remember making a fig cake some time in the distant past. It was delicious. Only problem is I have lost the recipe, or at worst I am too hungover to remember where I've stored it. I've found nuknow's recipe which I may fall back on but I quite liked the cake with chopped figs in it.
I remember soaking the (dried, I think) figs in either Madeira or vanilla extract or both before adding them. Does anyone have a recipe like this? Please...
It's for mummy spybot and she deserves cake. With figs.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/grownup-fig-cookies-recipe.html
Not exactly it, but soaked in port and pomegranate juice, if that helps?