🇦🇴 Angolan Cuisine

Cocada Amarela

Angolan Coconut Egg Pudding

Prep Time 40 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Medium
Calories 350 kcal

A luxurious golden dessert of grated coconut cooked with sugar, egg yolks, cinnamon, and cloves until thick and glossy. Angola's most beloved sweet.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Make a syrup by dissolving sugar in water with cinnamon stick and cloves. Boil until slightly thickened.
  2. 2 Remove cinnamon stick and cloves. Stir in grated coconut.
  3. 3 Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes until coconut absorbs the syrup.
  4. 4 Beat egg yolks well. Remove pot from heat briefly and quickly stir in egg yolks.
  5. 5 Return to very low heat. Stir constantly until mixture is thick, glossy, and golden.
  6. 6 Pour into a serving dish. Decorate with ground cinnamon patterns. Cool to room temperature before serving.

Did You Know?

Cocada amarela is the centerpiece of every Angolan celebration, from birthdays to weddings to national holidays.