Judging from the dates of the comment section (because, of course, the article itself is not dated) this was posted in 2010.  I wish people who had actually made this recipe would have posted their results, but no one did.  I'm not fond of figs so I probably will not try it, but the revised version doesn't sound bad.

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/bring-us-a-figgy-pudding-11641