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Bojo

Cassava-and-coconut cake with eggs, butter and optional rum-soaked fruit.

Bojo — illustrative food image

About Bojo

Mireille traces this Surinamese bojo to her cousin Sharline and their family. This rendition uses the directly mixed cassava and coconut described in her earlier preparation, giving the cake a dense, pudding-like texture.

Eggs, butter and coconut milk enrich the mixture, with brown sugar, vanilla and almond extract providing flavour. Raisins and candied tutti frutti are optional, with rum available for soaking the fruit.

Butter dots the surface before baking, and nutmeg is an optional finish. The cake can be served at room temperature with tea, or accompanied by Edam at breakfast.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Egg, Milk.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Bojo

Mireille’s Surinamese family bojo, directly mixed cassava and coconut.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual172 frozen cassava defrosted, direct-combine original101 selected instead of new extra-fine grinding185; no changed rootvegetable used.
  • Grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual173 defrosted frozen grated coconut original source product.
  • Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual175 prepared coconutmilk, full product formula unknown, not dairy Milk from name.
  • Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual174 whole eggs.
  • Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual176/181 melted mixture and topdots, dairy Milk.
  • Demerara raw brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual177 author stated choice, broader exact sugar candidate.
  • Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Almond extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual179 named prepared almondextract, exact botanical source/label/formula not supplied; no guarantee natural almond versus other flavouring, allergen mapping unresolved.
  • Raisins (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual125 explicitly permits omitting driedfruit, preserving optional status despite list169.
  • Candied tutti frutti (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual170 explicitly optional, exact fruits/coating/product formula unknown.
  • Rum (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual171 optional actual fruitsoak option chosen over orange/mangojuice195.
  • Freshly grated nutmeg (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual144/180/191 optional.
  • Non-stick cooking spray: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual117/189 required pan medium, full product formula unknown.
  • Tea (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual100/149 optional tea-time serving, exact tea/brew formula unknown.
  • Edam cheese (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual131 breakfast pairing Edam selected over agedGouda.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Suriname
  • SurinameCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Bojo – Suriname Style Gluten Free Cassava Cake - Chef Mireille