Feijoa & Coconut sqaures

I have eaten a few yummy Feijoa cake / slices ,  but this one sticks out in my mind as one of the most memorable . So when I was searching around for recipes to share with you all I knew I would include this one .
I got hold of a friend who had made it a few years ago and said she ' had to get me THAT recipe ' so thank- you Mrs AlisonTomlin !
I think I like it so much as it combines the delicate flavours of lemon & coconut with the tartness of the Feijoa - if you have never tried one they are sweet like a pineapple but have that tartness to them like the pineapple too , indescribable really !

The texture here is also very moist and light - yes you will want more !
                                                               

 Feijoa and coconut squares




100g butter
125g sugar
55g desiccated coconut
3 eggs
1 lemon
300g feijoa flesh (approx 12 fruit)
175g flour
1 tablespoon baking powder

Preheat oven to 160 degrees fan bake. Grease 20cm round baking tin ( but square will work too as its cut into squares ). Place diced butter in saucepan or microwave and melt over low heat. Transfer to a mixing bowl and mix in the sugar. Add the coconut and whole eggs and beat until well combined. 
Halve the fruit and scoop out the flesh. Chop into small pieces and combine with the mixture. Add the finely grated rind of the lemon and mix well.

Sift flour and baking powder and mix into the batter. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 30- 40 mins or until a fine skewer or toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Transfer to a plate and leave to cool.

Cut into squares, sprinkled with Icing sugar and serve with some fresh halved fejoas on the side, and some fresh yoghurt or cream if desired. Great eaten hot !

Feijoas !

As an amazing summer is drawing to a close we are always rewarded by nature in Autumn in New Zealand with a bumper crop of Feijoas ! Its somewhat a kiwi Icon now  - The backyard delight to say the least . I know as child growing up in Suburban Hamilton  everyone had a feijoa tree or had a neighbour that had one . So the first thing we did on moving into our new house 4 years ago was say goodbye to oaks & say hello the humble Feijoa ! We planted 3 trees that serve us very well indeed ... But to make the amounts of cake that I am going to be doing & posting I needed more ! Luckily my dear neighbour has a bout 20 trees & another has a HUGE tree that produces thousands! Whoopeeee , so in the next few weeks I am attempting  a few recipes some new, some old .....so please stay tuned !

Neenish slice

Welcome , this is my first post of many more to come !

This recipe is a version of a traditional kiwi sweet the wonderful  neenish tart , apparently an Australian thing too !
As neenish tarts are quite fiddly to make I was excited when shown this recipe by my mother - who yes thought it looked fantastic and wanted her baking daughter to whip it up for her !

The first recipe I tried looked more like the real thing as in base similar colour & texture to neenish tart crust ,but icing quantities were wrong ! Icing came out very lemony & runny - still tasted good though , here is the first version I tried ...


So I thought I would try the original recipe shown to me which you can find here .

But ! I still got it wrong used 2 tsps of Cocoa not 2 Tbs - I really thought this slice had it in for me - it still tastes devine and yes the  third time will be a charm so when I attempt it again soon , I will add the recommend 2 Tb Cocoa to the base & double the icing , the lovely melted dark chocolate on top is a nice little addition , rather than chocolate icing as the slice is very sweet already !

150g butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp cocoa
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
25g butter
4 tbsp condensed milk
1 3/4 cups icing sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice
100g dark chocolate

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add egg and mix well.

2. Add combined cocoa, flour and baking powder and mix well. Press mixture into a tin non stick or oiled & floured bake for 20 minutes until firm & golden. Allow base to cool.

3. Melt the 25g butter and mix with condensed milk, icing sugar and lemon juice. Spread over base and allow to set .

4. Gently melt the chocolate  ( I do it in the Microwave at 20 sec intervals stirring in between & add a dash of oil to it , for a nice consistency ) and spread  over the slice. When nearly set cut into squares

Makes Heaps !