Fig And Pistachio Loaf Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup chopped dried fig
• 1 cup shelled pistachios
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour (i use soft whole wheat flour)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 soak the figs and pistachios for 1 hour in the boiling water (if you can only find salted pistachios, rinse them first).
• 2 grease a standard loaf pan.
• 3 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 4 cream the butter and the sugar, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
• 5 mix the flour with the soda and salt.
• 6 mix it into the butter mixture and then add the figs and the pistachios in their soaking liquid.
• 7 scrape into the loaf pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.