🇹🇴 Tongan Cuisine

Cassava Cake Tonga

Baked Cassava Coconut Cake

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 8

Difficulty Medium

Calories 269 kcal

Grated cassava mixed with coconut cream and sugar, baked until golden and chewy.

Ingredients

500g cassava, grated
1 cup coconut cream
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup grated coconut
Banana leaf

Instructions

1 Grate cassava.
2 Mix with coconut cream, sugar, butter, salt, vanilla.
3 Stir in grated coconut.
4 Line pan with banana leaf.
5 Pour mixture in.
6 Bake at 180C for 40 minutes.

Did You Know?

Every Tongan church potluck features at least three different cassava cakes.