Bôlo de Aipim

Name: Bôlo de Aipim
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 2 pounds manioc root (cassava); 2 pounds manioc root (cassava); 14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 cups sugar; 2 cups fresh or canned unsweetened coconut milk; 2 cups fresh or canned unsweetened coconut milk; Scant 2 cups (less 2 tablespoons) all-purpose flour; 4 large eggs; 2 cups milk; 1 teaspoon baking powder

Manioc Breakfast Cake

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brazil

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

About

As you travel from state to state, words change as fast as the scenery and as diversely as the regional dishes. In the north the word for “manioc root” is aipim. This delicious breakfast cake needs neither jam nor butter.

Ingredients

2 pounds manioc root (cassava)
14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks)

Americas
Brazil
Bahia
Cake
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 300°F. Generously butter a 2-inch-deep 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Flour the pan and tap out any excess.

Peel the manioc root and grate as finely as possible, removing all threads. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, blend the butter and sugar.