Caipirinha Coconut Cake

Bolo de Caipirinha com Côco

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8-10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
My Rio de Janeiro: A Cookbook

By Leticia Moreinos Schwartz

Published 2013

  • About

On a visit to Paraty where I sampled a variety of different cachaças, I started to think of the desserts I could make using the flavours of caipirinha. Dancing in my head were visions of tender caipirinha cake, exploding with Brazilian flavours. Lime, cachaça, butter, eggs and coconut milk were no-brainers. I turned to Rose Levy Beranbaum for a little tech support, and was rewarded with a nutty, light, g