Delicious Kiwi Chocolate Cake

kiwi chocolate cake

Chocolate cake topped with vanilla ice cream is nothing but heaven. This is just the right kind of food for all the bakers and food lovers in town. Nothing can go wrong with a kiwi chocolate cake. And to make your dinner more impressive, it has to be topped with some cream cheese or vanilla ice cream. What a heavenly sin it is to bake your own cake and eat it too.

Presenting here a small kiwi cake recipe with some simple and easy ingredients that are already available in your kitchen pantry.

I am sure this kiwi cake recipe will be one of your best kiwi dessert recipes until now. For anyone who loves extreme chocolate cake, this is it! If you plan to bake this, please go through the highlights (ingredients and method) for a bit of guidance. Do give it a try even if you are a new baker in the town.

Ingredients: 

  • 225 grams of salted butter
  • 2 cups and two tablespoons of all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 150 grams of dark chocolate, roughly chopped
  • Two tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • One teaspoon coffee
  • One teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup roughly chopped fresh kiwis
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • Three eggs
  • Two teaspoons of vanilla essence
  • Cake tin for baking

How to prepare Kiwi Chocolate Cake?

  • The first step first, preheat your oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
  • In a bowl, empty all-purpose flour. Add all the other dry ingredients: brown sugar, dark chocolate, baking powder, coffee, cocoa powder, and walnuts.
  • Now mix this dry mixture thoroughly.
  • Add the remaining wet ingredients to it, namely boiling water, vanilla essence, salted butter, and three eggs.
  • Whisk everything thoroughly for at least half an hour.
  • Whisking is the key to form a soft, lightweight, airy, and spongy kiwi cake.
  • Now here lies the catch – you can either empty the bowl of chopped kiwis herein while mixing, or you can either garnish your double chocolate cake with it. Both taste yum.
  • Place butter paper in the cake tin. If you do not have butter paper, you can grease your cake tin with a few drops of oil (any) and dust the tin with all-purpose flour.
  • Pour the mixture with light hands into the cake tin. Place the cake tin into your pre-heated oven.
  • Now, bake it for 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.

Keep a check on your kiwi cake. Check it properly with a toothpick method. Prick a toothpick in the middle of your cake, and if the toothpick comes out clean, your cake is ready.

You can garnish your kiwi chocolate cake with dark chocolate.

Suggestions

It would be best if you melted your dark chocolate in a double boiler. Decorate your cake with chocolate icing. Top it with chocolate chips if you have it in your kitchen pantry or leave it like a chocolate plain cake. Top it up with some extra chopped kiwis. Please place them in any manner. Decorate it with kiwis. Your children would love this yummy kiwi chocolate cake.

Best Chocolate Kiwi Popsicles

Chocolate Kiwi Popsicles

Let’s introduce a healthy and new way to cool off this summer. If you get a fruit, dip it in chocolate, and the outcome is mouth-watering.

The homemade popsicles are far better than the boxed supermarket ones. With just sliced kiwi fruit dipped in melted chocolate, Chocolate Kiwi Popsicles are easy to make and are also delicious. This recipe is so simple and fun that a little kid can also make it.

Fresh Kiwis + chocolate + a kiss of coconut oil = delicious frozen kiwi pops!

It takes about 15 minutes to prepare this cold summer dessert and requires very few ingredients.

Ingredients

The key ingredients to prepare Kiwi Popsicles are mentioned below:

  1. Four fresh kiwi fruit.
  2. 12-oz chocolate chips bag
  3. ¼ cup of coconut oil
  4. Lollipop sticks or Popsicle sticks.
  5. 1/3 cup Granulated sugar (optional)

Note: These ingredients can make up to sixteen kiwi sticks.

How to prepare Chocolate Kiwi Popsicles?

Follow these simple steps to make sliced kiwi pops.

  1. First of all, wash and peel the fresh kiwi fruit.
  2. Slice the peeled kiwi into rounds about ½ inches thick.
  3. Place the kiwi slices in each lollipop stick.
  4. Line the tray or baking pan with parchment paper or wax paper.
  5. Place it on a baking pan.
  6. Freeze it for at least four hours and up to 48 hours.
  7. In a small glass bowl, melt coconut oil and chocolate over a pan of boiling water.
  8. Dip each frozen kiwi sticks into the melted chocolate. Repeat it with all the kiwi slices.
  9. After a few moments, the chocolate will harden.
  10. Eat immediately or place it back into the refrigerator until you are ready to have it.

The next method to make this kiwi recipe is with the help of Popsicle molds. Follow these steps to prepare the kiwi pops.

  1. Place freshly peeled kiwis, coconut oil, and sugar in the food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
  2. Pour the mixture of kiwi into the Popsicle molds.
  3. Please place it in the freezer for about 2 hours or until frozen.
  4. In a small bowl, melt chocolate over a pan of bubbling water.
  5. When you are ready to enjoy the dessert, remove it from the Popsicle mold and dip it in the melted chocolate.
  6. Repeat it will all the kiwi pops.
  7. After a few moments, the chocolate will harden.
  8. Eat immediately or place it back into the refrigerator until you are ready to have it.

Suggestions

  1. You can also melt chocolate and coconut in the microwave for 15-20 seconds at a time.
  2. You can also replace chocolate chips with dark chocolate or milk chocolate, whichever your heart desires.
  3. It is best when devouring immediately after the chocolate is hardened.
  4. If desired, you can sprinkle the chocolate kiwi pops with coconut flakes.
  5. You can also add dry nuts, sugar, and dried fruits to the chocolate dipping.

Benefits of Chocolate Kiwi Popsicles

The chocolate kiwi popsicles are healthy deserts having a tangy flavor of juicy kiwis. A kiwi popsicle stick serves you 205 kcal of calories, and it contains 4 grams protein, 64 milligrams sodium, 1 gram fiber, and 31 gram carbohydrates. Also, these kiwi popsicles offer a small quantity of iron, fatty acids, and amino acids.

Kiwi Lime Loaf Cake with Yogurt

Kiwi lime loaf cake with yogurt
Kiwi lime loaf cake with yogurt

Kiwi Lime Loaf Cake

A twist in a classic cake with kiwi yogurt has an incredible taste. The kiwi lime loaf cake is moist and tender, made from fresh kiwi fruit and lime. This easy kiwi cake recipe always impresses people around you and makes your home smell like spring. Kiwi cake with yogurt is a surprisingly refreshing sweet cake.
The kiwi lime cake with yogurt recipe takes about 15 minutes for preparation and 50-60 minutes for cooking.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract or Vanilla Bean Paste
  • ½ cup Greek Yogurt
  • 1 tbsp Lime Zest
  • ½ tbsp Sea Salt
  • Butter (optional)
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 Lime (medium sized)
  • 2-3 Fresh Kiwi Fruits
  • ½ cup Vegetable Oil

Instructions
 

  • First of all, whisk all the dry ingredients, including flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Make your wet mixture by combining sugar, yogurt, eggs, vanilla extract, lime juice, and lime zest.
  • Whisk until all the ingredients are nicely integrated, and the eggs are beaten well.
  • Then slowly add the dry ingredient into the wet one and stir.
  • Whisk until there are no visible patches of the flour.
  • Add the pureed fresh kiwi fruit and fold it until it’s incorporated. 
  • Lastly, add oil to it, and using a spatula fold the oil in the cake batter.
  • At this point, your cake batter will be quite runny.
  • Pour it into your loaf pan and bake the cake for 50-60 minutes until the skewer comes out clean.
  • Once baked, let the cake cool for 10 minutes and transfer it to a wire rack.
  • Pour over some lime syrup while the cake is still warm.
  • Dust it with sugar before serving.

How to make Lime Syrup?

  • The kiwi cake is moist on its own, but you can add lime syrup over if you need extra syrup. Steps to make lime syrup are comfortable as the simple syrup. Just add an equal part of lime juice and water, and enough sugar to make that mixture.

Suggestions

  1. Use regular Greek yogurt instead of a frozen one.
  2. Do not over mix the cake batter. If you overmix the batter, you will risk baking a gummy cake.
  3. If your cake is baking faster, cover it with thin aluminum foil.
  4. To prepare a loaf pan, lightly oil the pan, line the pan with parchment paper, lightly oil the parchment paper too, and finally dust it with flour.

Benefits of Kiwi Yogurt

This kiwi cake recipe has yogurt in it, which is high in protein and strengthens your immune system. Yogurt adds flavor to the cake and makes it tender, soft, and moist. Along with it, the main ingredient kiwi is a high-fiber and potassium-rich diet. It provides minerals and also aids your heart.

Refreshing Kiwi Lime Sorbet

Kiwi Lime Sorbet

Kiwi Lime Sorbet

How to prepare the Kiwi Lime Sorbet?

Are you feeling the heat in summer? Do you want to refresh your exhausted mood after work in the summer? Are you tired of staying home in this pandemic situation? Chill in this time with our easy kiwi lime sorbet recipe.
A homemade kiwi lime sorbet is the best way to refresh on the hottest summer days. This dessert is a perfectly healthy option to fill your sweet carving. Refreshing lime sorbet is a light, delicious tart dessert with the flavors of kiwi and lime.
The kiwi sorbet recipe is a refreshing dessert that takes about 10 minutes for preparation. With just three simple ingredients, you can prepare this lime sorbet recipe whenever you want.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Resting Time 4 hrs
Total Time 4 hrs 10 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Blender or Food Processor

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ pounds Kiwis (peeled and roughly chopped)
  • ¾ cup Sugar
  • ½ cup Lime Juice
  • 2 tbsp Honey (optional)

The main ingredients for the preparation of simple syrup are:

  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, add lime juices and honey.
  • Whisk it until the honey is dissolved.
  • Wash, peel, and chop the kiwis into small pieces.
  • Place the chopped kiwis and sugar in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
  • Add the kiwi puree to the lime mixture and mix well.
  • Cover and place it in the refrigerator for about 4 hours.
  • Scoop, serve, drizzle syrup over it, and enjoy.

The steps to prepare simple syrup are:

  • In a cooking pan, add water and sugar.
  • Place it over medium-high heat, cook, and stir it often until the sugar has dissolved completely.
  • Bring the sugar mixture to simmer for one minute.
  • Remove from the heat and allow cooling before using it.

 Suggestions

  1. The mixture will not set very hard, so it is easy to scoop out.
  2. You can also prepare this kiwi sorbet recipe two days ahead, but let it stand at the average temperature for 30 minutes before serving.
  3. You can also process the mixture in an ice cream maker.

Benefits of Refreshing Kiwi Lime Sorbet

A kiwi lime sorbet is beneficial for health. A scoop of kiwi lime sorbet serves you 25 kcal of calories, 6 grams of carbohydrates, and 1.2 mg of Vitamin C. Kiwi lime sorbet also contains calcium. If you are experiencing weakness in your bones, then you ought to try this recipe.

Kiwi, a year-round fruit, is an excellent source of Vitamin C, Potassium, folate, magnesium, and other nutrients. Along with it, it also aids in your heart and provides minerals, which help to boost your body all day long. Besides this, kiwi is good for anxiety, reduces blood clotting, and helps to treat asthma.

Along with kiwi, lime is a rich source of Vitamin A, B, C, D, magnesium, potassium, and calcium. They contain flavonoids and antioxidants. So, it improves indigestion, lowers blood sugar, helps in weight loss, fights infections, and reduces inflammation. As lime is a good source of potassium and magnesium, it promotes heart health.

As a whole, refreshing kiwi lime sorbet is a perfect refreshing ending to any Asian menu.