Feijoa Cake

Feijoa is one of the fruits available in New Zealand from late March through June. Here I would like to share one of the cake recipes prepared with feijoa . My husband's favourite cake...

Ingredients:

2 cup feijoas peeled and roughly chopped

1 cup raisins

1 cup sugar

100 gm butter, melted

1 egg

1 cup plain flour

2 tsp mixed spice (available in supermarkets)

2 tsp baking soda

pinch salt

 Topping

 2 tbsp butter,melted

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup long thread coconut

1/2 cup rolled oats

Preparation: 

1. Mix feijoas, raisins and sugar together in a large bowl.
2. Beat egg and melted butter together and mix into feijoa mixture.
3. Sift plain flour, baking soda, mixed spice and salt (dry ingredients) and add to feijoa mixture. Stir lightly. Turn into a well greased and floured cake tin.
4. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over cake mixture.
5. Bake at 180 degree celcius in a preheated oven for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Cool in tin before turning out.

      It has a soft texture and can be served as a dessert with whipped cream.