Bolo de Mel

Name: Bolo de Mel
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: 500g plain flour; 300g black treacle or molasses; 150g lard; 150g sugar; 4 eggs; 2 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp cinnamon; 100g dried fruit; 100g walnuts, chopped; 50g chouriço, finely diced

Portugal

Made on Madeira for over 500 years. Families make enormous quantities in December to last through January.

Madeiran molasses cake — a dense, dark, spiced cake enriched with molasses, dried fruit, nuts and chouriço. Improves over months and lasts over a year.

Prep

30 mins

Cook

60 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

435 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

500gplain flour

300gblack treacle or molasses

150glard

150gsugar

4eggs

2 tspmixed spice

1 tspcinnamon

100gdried fruit

100gwalnuts, chopped

50gchouriço, finely diced

Method

Beat lard and sugar. Add eggs and treacle. Fold in flour, spice, fruit, nuts and chouriço.

Bake in a lined round tin at 160°C for 60-70 minutes.

Cool completely. Wrap and store — improves enormously with time.

Chef's Tip

This cake is traditionally made on 8 December and eaten through Christmas. It genuinely improves over weeks.

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