Feijoa Cake with Nut Topping

 

INGREDIENTS:

125g soft butter
1 cup white sugar
2 large free range eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1tsp Mixed spice
2 cups Feijoa (Cut in half and scoop out the innards)
1/4 brown sugar mixed with 1/4 walnuts or pecans and 3tsp cinnamon

METHOD:

1. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. 
2. Sift flour, spice and baking powder into egg and sugar mixture. 
3. Gently fold milk into the batter. 
4. Lastly add vanilla essence.  Be careful not to over mix the batter here.
5. Pour into a lined 23cm cake tin. 
6. Place feijoas on the surface of the cake batter and push down until top is level with cake batter. 
7. Sprinkle the top with with the sugar / nut mixture. 

Bake at 180 degrees C for 50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
Serve warm or cold