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Coconut Flan (Bolo de Coco)
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Coconut Flan (Bolo de Coco)

     Literally translated, this Coconut Flan (Bolo de Coco) is Coconut Cake, but it is really of a flan consistency. Using the whites to starch their habits, nuns created luscious desserts with the yolks and sweetened with sugar. …
Angel’s Chins (Papos deAnjos)

Angel's Chins (Papos deAnjos)

Angel's Chins, (Papos de Anjos), is one convent sweet according to oral history of how nuns in the convent utilized the egg yolks that remained after using the egg whites to stiffen their habits.  True or not, convent sweets became very popular…
Trutas (Sweet Potato Pastry)

Trutas (Sweet Potato Pastry)

  Trutas, (Sweet Potato Pastry) a very popular around Christmas, is very similar to another pastry called Azeveias. Read the recipe through to make sure you have all the ingredients. Though it is a little bit of work, it is worth the…
Port Wine Cake

Port Wine Cake

Port Wine Cake (Bolo de Vinho) is one cake I reserve to bake for a special occasion. This cake is flexible.  Great ruby port wine can be used on the fly, if that is all you have, but port can make this cake really delicious. Serves 10 …
Sweet Puff Pillows – Travesseiras

Sweet Puff Pillows - Travesseiras

Serve  Sweet Puff Pillows - Travesseiras as a light dessert or as a snack with an espresso! This delicately light pillow of puff pastry is filled with the traditional almond egg sweet cream, but you can update it by using a custard cream, lemon…