Cassava Flour Cake

Name: Cassava Flour Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: A pinch of vanilla seeds; A pinch of salt; 5 eggs; 1 sweet or sour orange; 1 sweet or sour orange; ¾ cup brown sugar; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 cup cassava flour

Panetela de Harina de Yuca

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Islands In A Common Sea

By Jenny Jefferies

Published 2024

About

Cassava, often called yuca, is a root vegetable native to South America and has a similar texture to sweet potato. The tubers can be dried and ground to make cassava flour, a fine powder that has a mild flavour and is great for baking gluten-free and nut-free sweet treats like cakes or muffins.

Ingredients

5 eggs
A pinch of vanilla seeds
A pinch of salt

Europe
Americas
United States
United Kingdom
Cuba
Caribbean
Gluten-free
South America
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

First, separate the egg yolks from the whites and put the whites into a clean plastic bowl.

Add the vanilla and salt to the egg whites and start beating with a balloon whisk until stiff peaks are formed. Now add the sugar and whisk continuously until it has completely dissolved.

Add the egg yolks and fold them in gently to ensure the air bubbles do not burst, because this is wha