Winter vintage cake from my nan's childhood..

I'd like to give you one of my nan's childhood recipes, "Pinza", (not to be mistaken with Pizza!) ,which is an old Venitian winter cake. Once, when Panettone was not so popular and people were not so well-off, Pinza was considered the traditional Christmas cake and this is the simplest and classic recipe....
INGREDIENTS
(12 serves, not sure about quantities, my nan tends to bake at industrial levels..) :
- stale bread
- all purpose flour
- raisin 250 gr
- dried figs 250 gr
- apples (sweet variety) 500 gr
- eggs 2
- caster sugar 200 gr
- a pinch of salt
- milk 0,75 lt
- fennel seeds
- pine kernels
- olive oil
- grappa 1 shot glass
- cognac 1 shot glass

DIRECTIONS :

- Boil the milk- Cut the bread into thin slices - Chop the apples- Chop the dried figs- Sprinkle on the sliced bread the fennel seeds and add the hot milk. Let it soak - Add the apples, dried figs, raisins, pine kernels, sugar, eggs, some flour, some drops of olive oil and a pinch of salt, grappa and cognac- Mix together and lay the mixture into a baking pan (previously basted with olive oil and flour) - Bake until golden brown and serve into slices when it will get cold