Kiwifruit, coconut, and lemon cake (Gluten-free and sugar-free)

I had a few kiwifruit lying around that I needed to put to good use. I was never going to manage to eat them all before they got past their best so I decided to make a cake out of them

Kiwifruit, coconut, and lemon cake
1.5 kiwifruit chopped
100 grams butter
3 eggs
1.5 cups desiccated coconut (which I processed to make it more like “flour”)
1.5 tsp baking soda
zest of 1 lemon
half juice of one lemon
10 drops stevia
optional Chia seeds (I had some lying around so I threw them in too)

Cream butter and eggs together using an electric mixer. Add coconut “flour” and baking soda to egg and butter mixture, combine and then add in drops of stevia. Mix lemon zest, lemon juice, kiwifruit, and chia seeds together and then add to the previous mixture. Stir to combine. My cake tin was quite big so the mixture didn’t fill it much. I cooked the cake at 170ºC for around 20 minutes (actually I think it was 23 minutes) but depending on the shape and depth of your tin you may need to adjust the time.

It’s not a very big cake – you might want to double the recipe to get a decent sized one (and adust cooking times of course). Also, the cake was a bit crumbly but it tasted soooooo goooood! I’m prepared to put up with a little mess for the sake of great food hehe. I love being creative… especially when it comes to food . Oh and I have a little confession to make – today was the first day I’d ever tried kiwifruit. The Kiwi who’d never eaten Kiwifruit – sad but true lol. Needless to say I love them and the remaining kiwifruit will disappear very shortly .

Oh and on a side note, Shelby is giving away larabars. I also haven’t actually ever tried one of these… well that’s not strictly true. I haven’t eaten an actual Larabar but I have made my own larabars which I’m sure taste exactly the same. I will post that recipe later.

If anyone makes this cake and has some suggestions then please let me know! I’m no chef and will gladly take into account any advice you might have. Bon appetit!

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