Cavacas

Submitted by Chef Gorete

"A traditional Portuguese dessert with the recipe coming from Bermuda."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• BATTER

• 8 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• vegetable oil, for baking dishes

• ICING

• 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• hot water, enough to make icing drizzle

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 F and grease 24 pyrex dishes.
2. Beat all of the ingredients together at medium speed for about 10 minutes.
3. Place 1 teaspoon of oil in each pyrex dish, then pour 1 tablespoon of batter in each dish.
4. Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool slightly, then drizzle the cavacas with the icing sugar. Let the icing harden before serving.
5. Icing: Mix the icing sugar and the hot water to a thick consistency.