bolo de cereveja - beer cake - portugal

3 Pinches
Beautiful Shore Country, NB
Updated on Jun 27, 2016

This recipe is submitted for play in CQ3 – Azores. It is another wonderful recipe by Ana Patuleia Ortins. Ana states that light or regular beer works equally well, so please use your favorite. It sounds interesting, I have posted it for all the beer lovers out there.

prep time 10 Min
cook time 50 Min
method Bake
yield 10 - 12

Ingredients

  • - 2 cups sugar
  • - 1 cup butter, softened
  • - 4 eggs, separated
  • - 1 cup beer
  • - 3 cups flour
  • - 1 teaspoon baking powder

How To Make bolo de cereveja - beer cake - portugal

  • Step 1
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Step 2
    In a large bowl, using the high speed of an electric mixer or mixing by hand, beat the sugar with the butter, until smooth, about 1 minute.
  • Step 3
    Beat in the egg yolks, at medium speed, until the ingredients are fluffy and pale yellow, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Step 4
    Pour in the beer, mixing to blend, then add the flour and the baking powder, mix thoroughly 1 minute.
  • Step 5
    In a separate bowl, using clean beaters, beat the egg whites until stiff, then gently fold the beaten whites into the batter.
  • Step 6
    Pour into a lightly greased and floured 10-inch tube pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 minutes, until a wooden skewer comes out clean and the cake springs back when lightly pressed with your finger.
  • Step 7
    Cool 5 minutes before removing from the pan.
  • Step 8
    Serve either warm or at room temperature and enjoy!

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Category: Cakes
Method: Bake
Culture: Portugese
Ingredient: Sugar

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