Brazilian Cassava Cake with Coconut Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 small bottle coconut milk
- 1 kg cassava, peeled and grated
- 150 grams butter
- 2 eggs
- a pinch of salt
Sauce
- 1/2 small bottle coconut milk
- 4 tablespoons sugar
Preparation
Preheat oven to 200Β°C and grease a bundt pan with butter and flour
Beat butter and sugar until creamy
Add eggs and continue beating
Add coconut milk, then cassava and salt, and mix well
Pour the batter into the prepared pan
Bake for 40 minutes
Mix coconut milk and sugar to make the sauce
Pour the sauce over the cake
Return to oven and bake until golden brown
Remove from oven and let cool before unmolding
Tips
If grating cassava finely, squeeze to remove some starch (I grated it coarsely)
