Molten Brigadeiro Cakes

Bolinho Quente de Brigadeiro

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      45 min

Appears in
Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jewish Chocolate Recipes from around the World

By Michael Leventhal

Published 2021

  • About

Brigadeiro is the national candy of Brazil. With the size of a truffle and the taste of fudge, Brazilians are wild about them. One bite may be all it takes for you to quickly count them among your favourite indulgences as well.

To make these molten cakes, I took the brigadeiro in its fudge state and developed the recipe to become an irresistible flow of melted fudge, since so many Brazilians (including me) can’t even wait until their brigadeiro is cool before indulging. My experimen