Spiced Feijoa Walnut Cake

So many feijoa, what to do with them all? 

We have an array of recipes using feijoa on our blog – to find them type ‘feijoa’ in the search engine and they will all come up. This recipe is one of my favourites, it’s such a flavoursome moist cake packed full of feijoas, cranberries and walnuts, perfect with a cup of tea.

Thanks to Grant’s Mum, Ann, for the recipe. Included are eggless and plant based options.

Spiced Feijoa Walnut Cake

300g peeled feijoas (about 8-10 medium feijoas), roughly chopped

100g (1 cup) walnut pieces

200g (1 cup) dried cranberries (or use sultanas)

¾ cup caster sugar

1 egg (or egg replacer)

100g melted butter or plant based spread

125g (1 cup) plain flour

2 tsp mixed spice

2 tsp baking soda

3 Tbs chocolate drops (my addition)

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease and line a 20cm springform tin.

In a large bowl, mix feijoas, walnuts, cranberries (or sultanas) and sugar.

With a beater, beat egg and butter until well mixed. Add to feijoa mixture.

Sift flour, mixed spice and baking soda into feijoa mixture. Stir lightly.

Scrape into prepared cake tin or loaf tin, sprinkle over with chocolate drops.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Run a knife around edges and carefully remove from ring from base and serve warm as dessert or leave to cool for 20 minutes and slice.

This recipe was cut from an old magazine – I think it originally came from Nici Wickes.