and our upside-down fig cake with bay leaf caramel are just a few ideas. Figs can commonly be found packaged and dried, and it is possible to dry figs at home too. Dried figs can be added to ...

The nutty cake heroes the earthy, sweet flavours of an autumnal star: figs. Photo / Babiche Martens This pretty cake offers a visual and literal feast. That time has come around again. You’ll be ...

in which the fruit is soaked in orange juice and brandy (drinking the leftover fig-infused liquid after you’ve made the cake is the ultimate cooks’ perk). These brandy-soaked figs are ...