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Lemon Iced Feijoa Cake

By Sophie Forsyth
Lemon Iced Feijoa Cake
10 servings
  • 65 reviews

  • Difficulty Easy
  • Prep time 20 mins
  • Cooking time 45 mins
  • Serves
    10
Ingredients

    125g Tararua Butter
    3/4 cup Chelsea White Sugar
    2 eggs
    1 1/2 cups mashed feijoa pulp
    1 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
    2 Tbsp hot Meadow Fresh Original Milk
    2 cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour
    1 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder

    ICING (optional)
    2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar
    50g Tararua Butter, softened
    Juice of 1 small lemon
    3-4 Tbsp hot water

Method

    Preheat oven to 180°C bake. Grease and line a 20cm (approx.) round cake tin.

    Cream Tararua Butter and Chelsea White Sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Briefly mix in mashed feijoas.

    In another bowl, stir Edmonds Baking Soda into hot Meadow Fresh Original Milk. Mix into creamed mixture.

    Sift in Edmonds Standard Grade Flour and Edmonds Baking Powder into mixture and fold in until combined.

    Transfer mixture to prepared cake tin. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
     
    ICING (optional)
    Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until smooth. Adjust quantity of lemon juice and water to get your desired taste and consistency.

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Reviews

Average Rating
565
(65 reviews)


Made this cake for the 1st time yesterday. Used 2 cups of mashed feijoas and have to agree, it's an amazing cake! I made a lemon syrup and while still hot, brushed over bottom, sides and top before cooling and icing with lemon icing. Just gives and extra bit of tang.

Lovely cake, great way to use up feijoas. I added some mixed spice and cinnamon, delicious!

This cake was spectacular. I was a bit surprised by the method (heating milk then adding bicarbonate) but it absolutely worked. Texture of the cake was moist and springy. Feijoa flavour came through nicely. I used seven feijoas. I did make the icing (it was for a birthday) and it was well worth the smidge of extra effort.

Another simple easy steps to follow for a great result.

super easy and SUPER delicious! Made cake with extra fejoas - would highly recommend :)

It was delish , what a great recipe

Easy to make moist and yummy.

Yummy. Definitely recommend

Iv made this cake several times and it is lovely. My family and co-workers really enjoy it.

Very good recipe, I am not much of a baker but wanted to use some feijoas, and it came out perfectly thanks.

Fabulous cake I added walnuts to mine and substituted the milk for oat milk and it was delicious. Have made this twice in one week and will make again with other fruits when feijoa's are out of season.

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This is so easy and delicious. I substituted the normal to gf flour and it turned out perfect

I made this as a cake using feijoas and it was really lovely. I topped it with a cream cheese lemon icing. Used 2 cups fruit. I then did the recipe as muffins using grated apple (two cups) and adding 1 tsp of cinnamon. Both were very successful, so this will be definitely my "go to" recipe using any fruit

Nice cake but the amount of icing is really wasteful. You can easily halve it and will still have too much.

Hi i"m Mia i"m 9 years old and this is a great recipe .

I received a lot of Fijoas from a friend Kevin who lives on a farm in Colac Victoria Aussie. Some were over ripe, I proceeded to scope out the best part of the fijoas to make Fijoa jam & into the perserving large jar. Months up the track i looked up feijoa cake & lemon icing, & thought yes I will use feijoa jam into the mixture. I am so delighted with your recipe, the cake very tasty & texture spongy & tasted wonderful. First time I've cooked jam & first time I cooked a Fijoa cake. In Melbourne suburbs very rare to see Fijoa trees as like NZ. Thank you again.

First made this during lockdown 2020, and it's quickly become a family favourite. And I don't even like feijoa's

This cake was amazing! Super moist and so easy to make, it was definitely a hit in my house. Love it!

Fabulous recipe. A really lovely texture and the cake has a nice pink tinge! Very easy to make. I used self raising flour and it was very successful.

Beautiful spongy cake! Kids loved it. I added extra baking powder and cut out the baking soda.

Forgot the baking soda - used cold cream instead of warm milk - put in an oblong glass dish and still turned out amazing. Lovely with cream cheese icing

This cake is easy to make, uses up any surplus feijoas and is incredibly delicious.

This is so nice, love it. The first feijoa cake I have made even though I bake all the time. It’s moist and tasty. The icing I think is the incorrect amount. I think it’s more like 2 cups of icing & I add but more lemon.

This cake is amazing. I also added honey to it. So moist and amazing texture. Perfect in every way.

Have made this numerous times now, although I used 2 cups of feijoas and Self raising flour and left out baking powder. Also freezes really well, saved all feijoas in lockdown so was a no brainer.

An easy and lovely moist cake. I am not a baker but have been trying my hand at it in the past few weeks. Love it!

Great easy recipe - thank you....family loves it!!

Cake turned out beautiful! I started making macroons but didn't have an electric beater so changed direction to make this :P I therefore used 3 eggs instead of 2. I also added some raisins and made an almond icing (add almond flour/meal to the icing) and it was delicious. I used 1.5 cups feijoas but next time I will add more :)

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This cake is absolutely amazing. I made this last Feijoa season multiple times and it was a huge hit!! Even for my husband who despises feijoas. For the first time he is looking forward to the feijoa season this year, me too!! I chose a different lemon icing, as I have had one for a few years that is my personal preference. But this cake is scrumptious, even had my husband's friends raving about it. 5/5!!

I subbed standard flour for gluten free flour and it worked out a treat! Thanks very much a++

I had a large amount of feijoas and found this recipe. I read comments first and put 2 cups of feijoa pulp. Glad I did as made it nice and yummy.
Even gave a slice to the 2 work colleagues who dislike feijoas and they loved it. Would definitely recommend this recipe.

As I was making this I thought it seemed very familiar. I believe it is the banana cake recipe out of the Edmonds cookbook, with feijoas instead of bananas. As that is my fav cake recipe I am stoked! Guaranteed to be delicious!

Absolutely delicious and easy to make. Cake was moist and fluffy. My children and husband loved it. It was gone the next day. My husband who hates feijoas enjoyed the most of it!! Remade the mixture following day and put it in the muffin tin. Just as scrumptious. I did the 2 cups like everyone suggested and it worked out well

Even though I can't stand feijoas, I made this to use some fruit up. Lovely cake - had to do a taste test despite the gagging. I used 2 cups fruits (not mashed) and it was a lovely crumb to the cake - did mine in a square tin and only needed about 45 mins. Didn't bother with icing as no time before tradies needed to eat it. It really didn't need icing. Nice, moist, easy recipe - no fail really.

A classic for us now, we love it

The nicest feijoa cake I have ever made, but I did add more fruit. Have passed this recipe on to many friends. Can't wait for Feijoa season to come around again.

This is an amazing recipe its soft smooth delivious and zingy! I would definatly bake again!

Loved it! yes 2 cups of feijoas better. Tasted great, moist and easy to make...will make again.

Excellent! definitely use 2 cups feijoa pulp. Yum as and all my guests loved it!

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Every year I try a new recipe with Feijoas. Usually I am disappointed as the subtle flavour of the Feijoa is overwhelmed by spices. This recipe is all Feijoa. I used 2 cups of feijoas as others here recommended. Instead of a cake I made cupcakes, with lemon cream cheese icing. Will definitely be making this again.

Everyone loved it!!! So easy to make turned out perfect!!

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I would add more feijoas (should have read the reviews first!) These could be left in lumps while the rest are mashed. But very light and moist. I made the icing with lime for a zing and it keeps the cake moist. Definitely a standby recipe for a glut of feijoas.

Was yummy

Such a yummy way to use all my feijoas that fall from the tree. Everyone loved it.

Yummy! Very easy to make.

This cake worked out perfectly and tastes Amazing!

This receipe has been a huge success every time I make it. I add a little more feijoa to make it extra moist.

This recipe is very much like a banana cake I make. I used 2 cups of feijoas for more flavor and in my oven cake took 30 minutes on fan bake set at 170c. A very moist and light cake. Thanks for sharing your recipe

Really yummy!

A beautiful cake. Have left the cake uniced (not keen on icing) tastes delicious. Found it very straightforward to make. A very light cake, was expecting it to be more dense. Thoroughly addictive.

Beautiful light, full of flavour cake, very addictive. One slice is never enough.

OMG!! Love, love, love!!
Easy to make & sooooooo tasty!

I can't cook cakes, they turn out heavy and dense. This one was light and airy, delicious. Easy to make, no frills recipe. Fabulous

Simple recipe. Did it with 2c feijoa. Kids loved it. Very moist and tasty. Recommend it.

I'm pregnant and didn't expect it to taste so damn good... I have actually eaten 1/3 of the cake already and am battling myself to not go back for more. I made our icing extra lemony and the cake was still a little warm when I iced it so the icing melted a little and seeped into the cake - omg divine.

Simple and delicious! Strong feijoa flavour :)

mmmmmmmmmmm

Excellent moist cake. Would increase the feijoa content slightly next time I make it. Definately recomment.

Awesome cake... I tried this easy recipe and came out well... Highly recommended... Yummy & moist... My kids & hubby loved it...

Easy and so yummy

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Yummy & moist, just right, I could eat it all lol

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Lovely cake with a nice texture. I peeled the feijoas and cut them into a small dice. A great way to use up our surplus.

First time I've made or eaten feijoa cake and this recipe is delicious. Read the other review and went for 2 cups of feijoas. Moist and scrumptious.

This cooked in 35 mins, left in tin for 10 after. It took 2 1/4 cups of icing sugar for icing to be of a consistency like the photo. Yummy cake though could definitely take 2 cups of fejoa!

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very moist, extremely easy to make.

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