Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2016 in Cake Recipes

Buttery Portuguese Biscuits and Coffee Cake

Buttery Portuguese biscuits and coffee cake (bolo de café com bolacha Maria e manteiga), is a soft, rich cake made with Maria biscuits, butter, and coffee.
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Buttery Portuguese Biscuits and Coffee Cake

Preparation time 20 min
Cooking Timen/a
Ready In 20 min
Level of DifficultyEasy
Servings4

Ingredients

10 oz of Maria biscuits1 cup of butter1 and ½ cups of sugar1 cup of hot coffee1 tablespoon of instant coffee
10 oz of Maria biscuits1 cup of butter1 and ½ cups of sugar1 cup of hot coffee1 tablespoon of instant coffee
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Preparation

  1. Start by grating 3 Maria biscuits so that it is as thin as possible and set aside.
  2. In a bowl, add the butter (room temperature), sugar and the 1 tablespoon of coffee dissolved in water.
  3. Beat well until you get an homogeneous cream and set aside.
  4. Soak the remaining biscuits in the hot coffee (to taste) and make alternate layers with the cream previously made.
  5. Finish with the cream on top, sprinkle with the grated biscuits and refrigerate.

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Frederick
Frederick
There are no details regarding the size of the pan, and I am sorry, but that doesn't look like Maria biscuits soaked in coffee.
2 Years ago, Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Port
Use a 9” removable bottom pan for best results and it is Maria biscuits, what you see on top is grated biscuits.
2 Years ago, Tuesday, October 11, 2022
No one
No one
what is funny...the image has chocolate and the recipe does not note any of that....missing ?
3 Years ago, Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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Port
That is not chocolate, it's coffee "No one", hope that helps.
3 Years ago, Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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