Bolo de Fuba

Name: Bolo de Fuba
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) fine cornmeal; 15 g (½ oz) plain flour; 2 egg whites; 100 g (3½ oz) caster sugar; 10 g (¼ oz) lard or vegetable shortening melted; 10 g (¼ oz) lard or vegetable shortening melted; 10 g (¼ oz) butter, melted; 1 egg yolk; juice of ¼ lemon; 200 ml (7 fl oz) full-fat milk; icing sugar, to dust; ½ tsp ground star anise; 1 tsp baking powder

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

World's Best Cakes

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

About

This Brazilian corn cake is an afternoon cake - often taken with coffee - that uses cornmeal to give it a fabulous texture, similar to cakes using polenta. Cornmeal is a common ingredient in the cuisine of South America and this old Brazilian recipe has been handed down through many generations.

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz) fine cornmeal
15 g (½

Americas
Brazil
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5, and grease a 21cm (8in) round cake tin.
Sift the cornmeal and flour into a bowl.
Heat the milk in a pan over a medium heat and add the lemon juice, which will separate the milk. When it boils take i