Fig and Pistachio Loaf Cake
- Reviews 5
Ready In: 2 hrs 15 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
- 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
Directions
- Soak the figs and pistachios for 1 hour in the boiling water (If you can only find salted pistachios, rinse them first).
- Grease a standard loaf pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cream the butter and the sugar, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
- Mix the flour with the soda and salt.
- Mix it into the butter mixture and then add the figs and the pistachios in their soaking liquid.
- Scrape into the loaf pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
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