Cassava Cake Recipe | African Recipes
How to prepare "cassava cake"
cassava cake
1 1/4 cups raw grated cassava or minute tapioca
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
few grains salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
mix cassava or tapioca with milk and egg; let stand for 5 minutes.
cream butter and sugar; add tapioca mixture and coconut to creamed butter and sugar. mix batter well.
sift flour, baking powder and salt; add to butter. stir in vanilla extract, and turn batter into an oiled and floured 8-inch square cake pan. bake at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes or until done.
cut into squares or rectangles. it is delicious served warm with vanilla ice cream.
yield: 8 servings.
