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Chocolate feijoa cake

This is the ultimate, low-cost, chocolate feijoa cake, so easy to make. It's perfect with a nice cup of tea and has an easy gluten-free option.

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 55 mins
  • Serving: 12 people (makes 12 slices)
Ratings: 4.7
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 150g reduced-fat spread
    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 cup self-raising flour
    • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1 ¼ cups feijoa flesh, diced
    • ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips
    • 2 teaspoons icing sugar
    • fresh mint
    • 1 feijoa, sliced, chilled
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Lightly grease and base line a 24cm-round cake pan. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Cream spread and sugar together.

    2 Add eggs and beat until creamy. Add flour with cocoa and cinnamon. Fold in feijoas and chocolate chips until just combined.

    3 Pour into prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until lightly risen and firm to touch. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out. Serve sprinkled with icing sugar and garnish with mint and feijoa.

    Variations

    • Omit cocoa powder and add 2 teaspoons vanilla essence to the cake mix.
    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour, baking powder, cocoa and icing sugar. Check cinnamon and chocolate are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    This cake will keep for up to 2 days in a sealed container.

     

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