portuguese cavacas

Recipe by
Baby Kato
Beautiful Shore Country, NB

This lovely recipe has been posted for play in CQ3 - Azores. Another lovely recipe from the Azorean Greenbean - Maria Lawton. website: http://azoreangreenbean.com/2015/06/portuguese-cavacas/ Yum, what's not to like, the Cavacas are sweet, light, airy and delicious.

yield serving(s)
prep time 25 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For portuguese cavacas

  • CAVACAS BATTER
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 cup of oil
  • ½ cup of milk
  • 8 large eggs at room temp
  • SUGAR GLAZE:
  • 2 cups of confectioner’s sugar
  • zest of one lemon
  • 2 tablespoons of milk (more or less depending on the thickness you like)

How To Make portuguese cavacas

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease regular size muffin tins or popover tins.
  • 2
    Using an electric mixer beat all ingredients for 20 minutes without stopping, I recommend using a stand mixer set on level 6.
  • 3
    Once the ingredients have been mixed for 20 minutes fill the muffin or popover tins half full (no more than that).
  • 4
    Bake on the middle rack for about 45 minutes; if you want the CAVACAS to be on the dry side bake for 1 hour. They will turn a golden color and “popover“ the pans. Bake on the middle rack for about 45 minutes; if you want the CAVACAS to be on the dry side bake for 1 hour. They will turn a golden color and “popover“ the pans.
  • 5
    While they are still warm dip in the sugar glaze or drizzle glaze over them.
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