Desserts
Bolo Kaxo
A soft cake made with cashew apple, the fruit of the cashew tree, blended into a purée and flavoured with cinnamon. This sweet, fruity cake is a speciality of Curaçao, typical of cashew season.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
325 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 5.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 42.4 g
- of which sugars
- 24.5 g
- Fat
- 14.2 g
- Fiber
- 1.7 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter a 22 cm round tin.
- Blend the peeled cashew apples until you get a smooth purée.
- Beat the butter and sugar until pale, then add the eggs one at a time.
- Fold in the cashew purée, the milk, then the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt, mixing gently.
- Pour into the tin and bake for 45 minutes, until the top is golden and a skewer comes out dry.
- Let it cool slightly before turning out and serving.
Variations and tips
Raisin version. Add rehydrated raisins to the batter before baking.
Using what's easy to find. Cashew apples are mainly found in tropical countries; otherwise replace them with mango or apple purée.
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Original Ecomely recipe.