Chocolate Feijoa Cake

Chocolate Feijoa Cake, a magical combination of rich cocoa and feijoa pulp baked to perfection

I never knew we had a feijoa tree until a friend of mine wandered around our backyard last year and saw this small tree, when he saw it was out of season so the last of the fruits were already rotting on the ground or had been consumed by the birds. This means I have to wait for a full year before it bears fruits again, today the day of the year has come and it’s harvesting time. I never seen a small tree bore fruit that much, for a 6 foot tree in my approximate it bore around 30-40 kilos of fruits and 85% of them we in good state. The first time I tried that fruit from my tree I was surprised as it was the sweetest feijoa I ever had tried so I shared most of them to friends and officemates but left some for my own.

Feijoa for those who are wondering, is a fruit that looks like a small oblong guava in shape and colour, it tastes like a cross between pink guava, atis (sugar apple) and kaimito (star apple) with floral notes. The taste also lingers in your mouth and usually the pulp is the most prized part, the flesh is quite gritty hence some people don’t eat them. Harvesting the fruit is quite unique as well as you don’t get them on the tree, I was told by Kiwis that you need to let it naturally fall in the ground and that’s what you harvest and eat. I only saw this fruit in New Zealand and never in any countries I visited so I am assuming it only grows here and might be in the parts of South America similar to our climate. I really don’t like the fruit but a lot of Filipinos I know here crave for it but in cake form I love them, I still remember the day when my officemate introduced that cake to me, I told myself I will make my own version of this one but with hints of chocolate so the feijoa don’t over power. The day has come and here it is, Chocolate Feijoa Cake.

Chocolate Feijoa Cake

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• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hour
• Total Time: 1 hour 25 mins
• Yield: 8 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Cuisine: Kiwi

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Chocolate Feijoa Cake, a magical combination of rich cocoa and feijoa pulp baked to perfection

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Ingredients

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• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups feijoa pulp, pureed
• 1/2 cup sour cream

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Instructions

1. Combine and butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream it using a hand mixer.
2. Slowly add eggs while mixing, once incorporated set mixture aside.
3. In a bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
4. Combine and stir feijoas to the creamed butter mixture.
5. Gently fold and combine sifted flour mixture and sour cream until well incorporated.
6. Place in a lightly greased 9 inch round spring form pan then bake in a 180C preheated oven for 50 minutes to an hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
7. Let it cool then you can add any icing you want or just enjoy it on its own.

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