Cakes & cookies

4 recipes

A cut bolo pretu showing its nearly black crumb of finely ground fruit and almonds
Caribbean Netherlands

Bolo Pretu: Caribbean Black Fruit Cake with Liqueur-Soaked Fruit

Bolo pretu is the black fruit cake of the Dutch Caribbean, baked for weddings and Christmas. Learn the long fruit soak, slow bake, skewer test and swaps.

Freshly baked biscoito de polvilho on a baking tray
Brazil

Biscoito de Polvilho: Brazilian Baked Sour Cassava Starch Biscuits

Biscoito de polvilho is Brazil's light piped biscuit of sour cassava starch. Learn to scald the starch, judge the dough by feel and bake to a golden base.

Freshly baked broa de fubá, Brazilian cornmeal cakes with cracked tops, piled on a wooden board beside a cup of coffee
Brazil

Broa: Small Brazilian Cornmeal Cakes with Cracked Tops

Broa de fubá, Brazil's small cracked cornmeal cakes for morning coffee. Learn the scalded-dough method, when to add the eggs, and how to choose fubá.

Ecuadorian guagua de pan, doll-shaped bread filled with guava paste, arranged on a plate at the table
Ecuador

Guagua de Pan (Wawa de Pan): Ecuador's Sweet Bread Dolls

Guagua de pan (wawa de pan) is Ecuador's sweet bread doll with guava filling and colored icing for the Day of the Dead. Covers shaping, proofing, fixing cracks.