Feijoa Cake
2024-09-21- Cuisine: New Zealand
- Course: desserts
- Skill Level: Beginner
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- Yield: 3 cake slices (Approx)
- Servings: 3
- Prep Time: 60m
- Cook Time: 35m
- Ready In: 1:35 h
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This Feijoa Cake recipe from Beyond Apple Pie by the New Zealand Tree Crops Association involves creaming butter and sugar, adding eggs, and incorporating mashed feijoas. After sifting in flours and baking powder, the mixture is baked in a ring tin at 180°C for 30-35 minutes. Once cooled, the cake is halved horizontally, filled with whipped cream, and dusted with icing sugar
Ingredients
- 125g Butter
- ¾ Cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 5-6 feijoas
- 1 cup flour
- 2tsp Baking powder
- ½ Cup wholemeal flour
- ¼ Cup milk
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1 cup whipped cream
- Icing sugar
Method
Step 1
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 2
Add the eggs one at a time. Beat well. Cut the feijoas in half and scoop out the flesh. Mash feijoas with a fork. Stir into the creamed mixture.
Step 3
Sift the flour and baking powder.
Step 4
Add the flour and whole Meal flour to the creamed mixture. Mix well. Put into a greased 20cm ring tin. Bake at 180°C for 30 to 35 minutes. Leave cake to cool completely.
Step 5
Cut cake in half horizontally forming 2 layers.
Step 6
Fill between the layers with whipped cream. Dust the top with icing sugar.