DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Bolo de Banana
Cape Verdean banana cake with caramel and a wheat-flour batter.
About Bolo de Banana
Joana’s Criola Cozinha presents this caramelised banana cake within her project on traditional Cape Verdean food. Banana pieces sit with caramel beneath a wheat-flour, egg and butter batter.
Ripe bananas and sugar provide the sweet flavour, while the caramel adds its cooked-sugar character. Milk and butter give the cake a dairy element, with a little salt in the batter.
The banana layer and cake batter bake together in the same tin. The fruit remains in pieces rather than being mashed into this version’s batter; the published method does not specify the final serving temperature.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bolo de Banana
Joana’s Cape Verdean caramelised banana cake.
- Wheat flourBase
- EggsBinder
- Baking powderBinder
- ButterBinder
- MilkLiquid
- SugarSweetener
- Fine saltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Ripe bananasBase
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full product carrier formula unprovided.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Batter and caramel allocations consolidated.
- Fine salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit caramel water27/35.
- Ripe bananas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only bananas37 and ripe-fruit context16; count/quantity unreported.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cabo Verde
- Cabo VerdeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cape Verdean Cuisine
- Cape Verdean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.