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Need recipe for chocolate fig pie

About 10 years ago I was working at a college and one of the students who came to US from Poland made me a birthday cake/pie. I never tasted or saw anything like it before. My family and I are avid bakers and this was so unique. It was encrusted in a delicate pastry, inside was dense moist chocolate filling with figs, nuts, spices and chunks of chocolate and other ingredients. It was so delicious! I have never forgot this cake! At the end of the term I asked this student for the recipe, after a few weeks she came into my office and gave it to me. I was delighted. When I looked it over I noticed that it was difficult to understand. Evidently she had to translate it because it was a very old family recipe written in polish. Anyway, I pretty much figured out how to make. It is a very complicated process so I put it in my recipe box and told myself that when I felt ambitious I would tackle this wonderful dessert. Well, I can not find her recipe anywhere! I LOST IT. I am hoping that someone somewhere knows about this cake/pie and can help me find the recipe. I have been researching the Internet with no luck. Thanks. Luisa