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Baking

Brazilian coconut cuca

Brazilian sponge cake with a crunchy coconut and sugar topping.

Vegetarian

55 minTime
10Servings
FacilDifficulty
BrazilCuisine

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 200 g of sugar
  • 250 g of flour
  • 100 g of melted butter
  • 200 ml of coconut milk
  • 1 sachet of baking powder (16 g)
  • 100 g of grated coconut
  • 60 g of sugar for the topping
  • 30 g of cold butter for the topping
  • 1 pinch of salt

Step-by-step

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  1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  2. Add the eggs and the sugar and beat 2 min/speed 4.
  3. Add the melted butter and the coconut milk and mix 20 sec/speed 3.
  4. Add the flour, the baking powder and the salt and mix 20 sec/speed 3.
  5. Pour the batter into a greased rectangular mold.
  6. Mix by hand the grated coconut, the topping sugar and the cold butter until crumbs.
  7. Spread the coconut crumbs over the batter.
  8. Bake 35 min at 180C until the topping is golden.
  9. Let it cool and cut into squares.

Tips

  • The crunchy topping is the signature of the cuca.
  • Serve it warm with coffee.
  • You can lightly toast the coconut for more aroma.

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