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Bolo de bolacha

A no-bake Portuguese cake made with Maria biscuits dipped in coffee and layers of buttercream with egg yolks. Serves 6; allow about 30 minutes to prepare and 3 hours to chill.

Bolo de bolacha layers biscuits softened in coffee with a cream of butter, icing sugar and egg yolks. Assemble it in layers and chill before serving. Preparation time and servings are estimates.

Total time210 min
DifficultyEasy
servings6
Bolo de bolacha
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Method

  1. 01

    Prepare the coffee

    Make the coffee and leave it to cool until lukewarm in a wide container for dipping the biscuits.

    Ready to continue when: The coffee is lukewarm and ready for dipping the biscuits.

  2. 02

    Beat the buttercream

    Beat the room-temperature butter with the icing sugar until smooth.

    Ready to continue when: The mixture is creamy, with no visible lumps of sugar.

  3. 03

    Mix in the egg yolks

    Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating until each is incorporated into the cream.

    Ready to continue when: The cream looks uniform and the yolks are fully incorporated.

  4. 04

    Assemble the layers

    Briefly dip the biscuits in the coffee and arrange a layer in a serving dish. Spread a thin layer of cream over them. Repeat the biscuit and cream layers, finishing with cream and covering the sides too.

    Ready to continue when: The cake has alternating layers and is covered with cream on top and around the sides.

  5. 05

    Chill

    Refrigerate the cake for 3 hours before serving.

    Ready to continue when: The cake has chilled for 3 hours and the cream feels firm to the touch.

    180 min

Sources and review

Content researched, cross-checked and automatically validated. Sources consulted:

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