DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Cassava Cake
Filipino grated-cassava cake with dairy, coconut and cheese.
About Cassava Cake
Cassava cake is a Filipino grated-cassava dessert. Vanjo Merano shares his friend Sharon’s version, with coconut and dairy milks in the cake and a separately prepared coconut-milk topping.
Butter and cheddar give this version its rich, savoury edge against the sugar and sweet dairy mixture. Coconut milk contributes the nutty flavour described by the author, with more cheese over the top.
The cake has a chewy, somewhat firm body beneath its browned topping. Merano describes a balance between soft cake and gelatinous pudding, with coffee as a suggested accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cassava Cake
Sharon and Vanjo Merano’s Filipino cassava cake with coconut topping.
- Grated cassavaBase
- Coconut milkLiquid
- Evaporated milkLiquid
- Whole eggsBinder
- ButterCooking medium
- Cheddar cheeseBase
- Condensed milkSweetenerIngredient page not linked
- Granulated white sugarSweetener
- FlourBinder · Topping
- Egg whiteFinish · Topping
- Oil for panCooking medium
- Extra grated cheeseGarnish · Serving
- CoffeeAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Grated cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Batter and topping allocations combined.
- Evaporated milk: Milk
- Whole eggs: Egg. Two batter eggs in method; not all three listed eggs plus an extra white.
- Butter: Milk
- Cheddar cheese: Milk. Explicit batter/topping allocations combined; garnish separately generic.
- Condensed milk: Milk. Batter/topping allocations combined; exact product formula unresolved.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Granulated white sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Flour: Wheat. Cereal unspecified, not assumed wheat.
- Egg white: Egg. Remaining listed egg supplies white only; its yolk is not used.
- Oil for pan: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative explicitly names greasing oil; botanical kind unknown.
- Extra grated cheese: Milk. Method garnish type not specified; no extra cheddar identity assumed.
- Coffee (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected instead of cocoa; drink formula unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Philippines
- BahamasCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Filipino Cuisine
- Bahamian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.