Fig And Pistachio Loaf Cake

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I picked up this recipe around ten years ago at a health food convention. It was put out by either the california fig board or pistachio board - i forget which. Plainly, they were in cahoots. Anyway, this is just delicious - probably my all-time favourite loaf cake. Prep time includes soaking of fruit and nuts.

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Steps

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Soak the figs and pistachios for 1 hour in the boiling water.

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Grease a standard loaf pan.

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Preheat the oven to 350f.

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Cream the butter and the sugar , then beat in the egg and vanilla.

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Mix the flour with the soda and salt.

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Mix it into the butter mixture and then add the figs and the pistachios in their soaking liquid.

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Scrape into the loaf pan and bake for 1 to 1 1 / 4 hours.

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Ingredients

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dried fig, shelled pistachios, boiling water, butter, dark brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flour, baking soda