Recipes
Cassava Cake
Make a super quick and easy cassava cake to enjoy for breakfast or as an afternoon snack.
Ingredients
- •3 egg whites
- •1 cup sugar
- •1 cup butter or margarine
- •1/2 kg cassava pulp
- •200ml milk
- •1 pinch salt
- •1 tablespoon baking powder
- •100g grated coconut
- •3 egg yolks
Instructions
- 1
Separate 3 egg whites from the yolks. Beat the whites with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, then transfer to a bowl and set aside while you continue with the recipe.
- 2
Place the 3 reserved egg yolks, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup butter or margarine in the mixer bowl. Beat well until all the ingredients are combined.
- 3
With the mixer switched off, add ½ kg cassava pulp to the bowl and mix with a whisk or spoon. Add 100ml milk and keep mixing. Add 1 pinch salt and 100g grated coconut, continue stirring, then add the remaining 100ml milk.
- 4
Add 1 tablespoon baking powder and keep stirring. Then add the reserved beaten egg whites and fold them in gently.
- 5
Once the batter reaches the consistency shown in the video below, pour it into a greased baking pan and smooth the surface with a spoon. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the cake is golden brown.