Bolo de Cenoura com Brigadeiro (Brazilian Carrot Cake with Brigadeiro)
My wife and I love this recipe. Our family and friends always ask us to cook it for them no matter the situation – Christmas, Easter, small gatherings etc. It is definitely not only a tradition among us, but also a kind of dessert that most of the Brazilians enjoy to eat for breakfast, after lunch or dinner (yes, all the time!). I am happy to share it with WagArb’s family as well as we do with our beloved ones in Brazil and I hope that you will like it!
10
servings15
minutes15
minutes35
minutes1
hour5
minutesIngredients
3 medium 3 carrots, peeled and chopped
6 6 eggs
1 cup 1 oil
3 cups 3 sugar
3 cups 3 all-purpose flour
2 tbsp 2 baking powder
Butter for greasing
Flour for dusting
- TOPPING (BRIGADEIRO)
1 can 1 condensed milk
1/2 can 1/2 whipping cream
1 tbsp 1 butter
5 tbsp 5 chocolate powder
Directions
- Blend the carrots, eggs, oil and sugar in a blender.
- Mix the dough with the flour in a bowl.
- Add 2 tablespoons baking powder.
- Grease and flour a baking pan and pour the dough in it.
- Bake in a medium oven preheated to 180 °C for 30–40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, let it cool completely and unmold.
- For the topping: in a deep saucepan, add the condensed milk, butter, whipping cream and chocolate powder. Cook over medium heat and stir until the “brigadeiro” begins to peel off the pan.
- Last step: Pour the topping gently over the cake and eat it either warm or cold (as you wish!). Bom apetite!
Equipment
- Blender
- Baking pan
- Oven
- Deep saucepan
- Mixing bowl
Notes
- Eat it either warm or cold, as you wish. Bom apetite!