Fig And Pistachio Loaf Cake - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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\u00b0F.
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.