Plum jam, meringue and nuts. The Brazilian cake is a truly carnival recipe

Not everyone can go to carnival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, but everyone can prepare a home carnival party… a Brazilian cake! This is what we encourage you to do today. This dessert, surprising with its unique taste, will be a hit on your table. Guests will ask for the recipe – that’s for sure.

To make this recipe you will need:

• 500 g of wheat flour,
• 200 g butter or margarine,
• 5 eggs (yolks and whites separately),
• 2 tablespoons of cream 18%,
• 180 g of white sugar,
• 2 vanilla sugars,
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder,
• 1 jar of plum jam (approx. 400 g),
• a handful of brazil nuts,
• 2-3 tablespoons of cocoa.

Sift the flour onto the pastry board along with the baking powderthen add chopped butter, cream, 5 egg yolks, 1 vanilla sugar and approx. 80 g of white sugar. Chop all the ingredients with a knife and knead the shortcrust pastry. Divide them into 3 equal parts. Add cocoa to one of them and knead to obtain an even color. Wrap the dough in foil and place it in the freezer. Wrap the second part of the white dough in foil and place it in the freezer.

Roll out the third part of the dough on the board and put in a mold (23 x 28 cm) lined with baking paper. Place the baking tray with the dough in an oven preheated to 200°C for about 12 minutes. Then take it out and let it cool.

Pour half of the plum jam onto the baked base and spread it. Take the dark dough out of the freezer and grate it on a large-hole vegetable grater into a layer of jam. Sprinkle finely chopped Brazil nuts onto the dark dough, then add the other half of the jam and spread gently. Grate the white dough onto this layer (similarly to the dark one) and smooth it out.

In a bowl, beat the egg whites, fixing them with sugar and vanilla sugar. Gently pour the foam onto the cake, spread it and place the baking tray in the preheated oven. 180°C for 50-60 min. If the top of the cake is browning too much, change the baking options to the bottom ones.

Ready Brazilian cake remove from oven and leave in the pan to cool. Then remove, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

Source: Terazgotuje.pl