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Burmese cassava cake
- Zaw Mahesh
Published: April 25, 2022 at 12:58 PM
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Serves 8 - 10
Easy
Total time: 50 mins
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Cassava – a starchy root vegetable – is the star of this five-ingredient cake from Burmese restaurant Laphet. It's served with jackfruit sorbet in the restaurant, but is great with ice cream or cream, too
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Try this impressive cassava cake, then check out our Burmese crispy wontons, Burmese fried chicken and more Burmese recipes.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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50g clarified butter or ghee
plus extra for the tin
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500g cassava
grated
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200ml coconut milk
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175g caster sugar
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1 egg
Nutrition: Per serving (10)
- kcal229
- fat8.8g
- saturates6g
- carbs35.7g
- sugars18.6g
- fibre1.1g
- protein1.3g
- salt0.2g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Butter an 18cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper. Mix together all of the ingredients in a bowl with 2 tsp of salt, then tip into the tin. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is caramelised and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
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step 2
Cool completely on a wire rack, then cut into slices to serve.
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Zaw Mahesh
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