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Fijian Cassava Cake
A dense Fijian grated-cassava and coconut cake finished with a sweet coconut-and-condensed-milk custard.
About Fijian Cassava Cake
Fijian cassava cake is a grated-cassava and coconut bake. This profile follows Pacific media platform The Coconet's complete Fijian recipe, including its second-baked topping of egg yolk, condensed milk and coconut cream.
Cassava gives the cake a mild, earthy starchiness, enriched by grated coconut, coconut milk, butter, sugar and vanilla. The condensed-milk topping adds a sweeter dairy-coconut finish.
The cake is dense, moist and slightly chewy, with visible strands of cassava and coconut. Its soaked top sets into a soft custard layer while the body remains compact enough to slice.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Fijian Cassava Cake
The Coconet's Fijian cassava cake with coconut custard finish.
- Grated cassavaStarchy base
- Baking powderLeavening
- SaltSeasoning
- Corn flourBinder
- Grated coconutCoconut texture
- WaterMixing liquid
- Eggs and egg yolksStructure and custard
- Coconut milkCake liquid
- ButterDairy richness
- SugarSweetener
- Vanilla essenceSweet aroma
- Sweetened condensed milkDairy sweetener · Custard topping
- Coconut creamRich coconut finish · Custard topping
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Grated cassava:
- Baking powder: . Exact commercial baking-powder formula is not stated.
- Salt:
- Corn flour: . Mapped to the established corn-flour route; the source's starch-versus-meal grade is not stated.
- Grated coconut:
- Water:
- Eggs and egg yolks:
- Coconut milk:
- Butter:
- Sugar:
- Vanilla essence: . Mapped to the broader vanilla-extract route; exact essence formulation is not stated.
- Sweetened condensed milk:
- Coconut cream:
Origins & food traditions
The Coconet, a Pacific Island media platform, publishes this as a Fijian cassava cake and credits chef Bertrand Jang of Sweet & Me. The selected version combines Fiji's staple cassava with coconut in both the cake and its finishing custard.
Countries
- Fiji
- FijiCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Fijian Cuisine
- Melanesian Cuisine
- Traditional Fijian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.