Fig and nut cakes recipe | delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• 250g blanched almonds or walnut halves
• 1kg good-quality dried figs
• 2 tbsp icing sugar or clear honey
• 1 tsp aniseed or fennel seeds
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• Finely grated zest of 1 small lemon
• 1-2 tbsp brandy
• 2 rice paper sheets (28cm x 18cm), available from specialist cake shops and at https://www.amazon.co.uk/amazon.co.uk
• You’ll also need
• 4 small camembert boxes if making disc-shaped cakes, or sheets of cellophane (available from https://www.sugarshack.co.uk/cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk) if making log-shaped cakes