I found this recipe over at Helen Peters’ blog site on TypePad, but for some reason (as I attempt to post this) her page is now completely blank. This is my pet hate about the web – things move!! And recipes get lost just like that… Hopefully it’s just a temporary thing.
I have the link and will update if her page comes back. She has some photographs of this loaf and I have to admit that the crystallized lime and sugar glaze has my name written all over it. Sounds sensational.
FEIJOA LIME LOAF
Ingredients
- 8 feijoas, peeled
- 2 cups self raising flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Method
- Slice the feijoas. Add to a pot with the boiling water, sugar, and butter. Bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.
- Cool. (Note: cool properly to avoid cooking your egg in the next step.)
- Add the egg, flour and baking soda and mix. Pour into a greased loaf tin and bake at 180º for 40-45 minutes or until the top springs back when touched and a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Lime glaze
- 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- Mix together the caster sugar and the lime juice.
- Drizzle over the still-warm loaf and allow to cool in the tin.
When you tip the loaf out there will be a thin crunchy sugar layer on the outside and the lime juice will have soaked in. Yummy.
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I made this cake yesterday and have to make another one today…between my dad, my kids & me it’s all gone!! It is yummy! However after having made feijoa muffins and finding them a little bland I decided to add an apple, cinnamon, mixed spice and grated the zest of a lime and oh boy was it great. Moist, tangy & delicious:)!
Love the additions Jane – I tend to adjust to my own tastes and that combination sounds very appealing.