Sweet Pastry with a Zesty Frosting Recipe
This delicious and sweet pastry with a zesty frosting recipe (receita de cavacas com cobertura), has a hint of lemon flavor on the outside.
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Ingredients
2 cups of flour1 cup of vegetable oil8 eggs at room temp1/2 cup milkSugar Glaze:2 cups of confectioner’s sugarZest of one lemon3 tablespoons of milk or more if needed
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180°C or 350°F.
- Grease regular size muffin tins or popover tins.
- Using an electric mixer or stand mixer (on level 6) beat all ingredients for at least 20 minutes without stopping. Fill the muffin or popover tins no more than half way.
- Place on the middle rack. For moist Cavacas, bake for about 45 minutes; for dry Cavacas bake for 1 hour.
- Combine all of the glaze ingredients and stir until smooth.
- While the Cavacas are still warm, spoon the glaze over each one or just submerge each one in the glaze.
- Serve on the same day since they will dry even more for the following day.
Adapted from a Recipe by: Thao, ingoodflavor.com
Adapted from Maria Lawton, author of Azorean Cooking
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Comments (13)
Rich Borges
I am confused on the recipe iinstructions. What are the ingredients you use and beat together for the actual muffin and what and what igredients do you use for the glaze and how to make it. Looks great but I am a novice baker so unfortunately need a bit more specifics. Thank You. Rich Borges
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1 Year ago, Friday, January 3, 2025
Tuga Pops
Hi Rich, ingredients 1 to 4 are for the actual pastry, 6 to 8 are for the glaze.
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1 Year ago, Friday, January 3, 2025
Paula
Very good, it's our favorite dessert in the house and easy too make them♥ï¸
3 Years ago, Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Maria
My Mom always used olive oil that she heated up. She also made a sugar mixture that she cooked on the stove just before it got to a hard candy stage and dunked the cavacas into this. Have you heard of this way of making cavacas?
3 Years ago, Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Susan
You mention milk in the ingredients but is that whole milk or any particular milk?? Choice of milk may affect results, I don't know, hence my question.. thanks! 😉🇵🇹ðŸ‘
3 Years ago, Sunday, February 19, 2023
Tuga Pops
Hi Susan, we always use 2% and they always turn out great, so I would recommend homo or 2:% at least.
3 Years ago, Sunday, February 19, 2023
Shirley
Love these and have been making them since you first posted this in 2021. Yum...
3 Years ago, Saturday, February 18, 2023
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