FEJOA CAKE

COOKING WITH JACK JACK

COOKING WITH JACK AND NANNY

LETS HAVE SOME FUN!

FEJOA TREES

LEAF OF THE FEJOA

When our girls were little we planted two trees outside their             bedroom  window to give them privacy from the neighbours and also to   provide some shade in summer. Both Jen and Cindy left home many moons ago and the trees have only just started to do the job they were supposed to do years ago.  The trees are FEJOAS pronounced with a Y  as feyoa as in  Jana is actually Yana.  The past few years they have produced fruit which we basicly left. Last year our maori neighbours from a few houses up the road came and asked if they could have the fruit as they knew we didn't pick it, so they stripped the tree bare.  This year we decided to look for a recipe for fejoa jam,  the only recipe I could find was for a fejoa loaf.                                                                                                                                                

FEJOA FRUIT

                                                     

Last week whilst Jack was here I decided to try making a fejoa loaf, so asked Jack to help me. Firstly Nanny had to peel and chop all the fejoas.  Ouch my aching hands and arms, then we measured out the butter, sugar and water and put all this ingredients in a saucepan to boil.

 

MEASURING THE BUTTER. IS THAT ENOUGH JACK JACK?

 

. PEELING THE FEJOAS WITH JACK LAUGHING AS IT HURT NANNY'S HANDS

MORE PEELING WHILST JACK PLAYS WITH THE SCALES

IS THAT ENOUGH YET NANNY?

JACK SUPERVISING NANNY STIRRING THE POT.

THE MIXTURE BOILING ON THE STOVE.

After the mixture boils for five minutes we set it aside to cool. Then add flour stirring it in so it doesn't go lumpy and beaten eggs. Jack thinks this is so funny, then we are ready to pour the mixture into the pan and cook it in the oven.

NOW WE LINE THE TIN  RIGHT JACK JACK?

WHAT A GOOD LITTLE CHEF POURING IN THE FLOUR

HELPING HANDS

ADDING THE EGGS

IT LOOKS SO FUNNY NANNY

POUR THE MIXTURE INTO THE CAKE TIN

SCRAP THE SAUCEPAN CLEAN

MMM  LOOKS DELICIOUS

SHOWING OUR CAKE TO MUMA

YUMMO! A PIECE FOR EACH HAND.

Thank you to my little apprentice chef Jack Jack we made a delicious Fejoa cake.  We will be keeping that recipe.   

MMM!