Ingredients:
10 figs - 3 eggs
250 g./9 oz. superior quality white flour
150g./5 oz. sugar
1/2 cup milk
knob butter
packet of yeast for sweets
1/2 pckt vanilla
salt
zest of 1 lemon.
Preparation:
Beat egg yolks with sugar, add flour a little at a time, preventing formation of lumps. Soften with milk poured in a little at a time; add vanilla, yeast, grated lemon zest and a pinch of salt. Peel figs and cut into segments. Line a cake tin with butter, sprinkle with flour, pour in mixture and decorate with fig slices in circle; place in oven at 180° and bake until the cake turns golden and has risen.

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