Feijoa and coconut cake
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You just can't beat this yummy Autumn cake! Feijoa and coconut go together very well. You can bake some extra cakes for your freezer while feijoas are still around.
Ingredients
- 100 g wholemeal flour
- 50 g fine desiccated coconut
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch salt
- 1 large free range egg
- 100 g sugar
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 300 g feijoas 1 1/2 cup feijoa pulp, mashed
- 75 ml coconut cream
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 180 °C. Line a cake tin with baking paper, or grease it well.
- Put an egg and sugar in a large bowl and beat with hand held mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add oil and beat well, then mix mashed feijoas.
- Mix flour, baking powder, bi carbonate soda, salt and coconut in a separate bowl.
- Using a large metal spoon, add 1/3 of flour mixture in the egg & feijoa mixture. Combine well.
- Add 1/3 of the coconut cream. combine well. Add another spoonful of flour mixture, combine well. Repeat until all the ingredients are mixed.
- Pour the cake mixture in a prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes.
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Coconut pairs really well with other fruit too like pineapple.