Pão de Mel ( Brazilian Honey cakes)
These Brazilian Honey Cakes we called Pão de Mel, they are so delicious sweet, spice and covered with chocolate and filled with dulce de leche with coconut and brigadeiro!!
Equipment
- Mini cake pan with removable bottom or ramekins
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa chocolate 50%
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground clove
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 tbsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups hot water
- 1 1/2 tbsp fennel seed
- 1 cup honey
- 2 pounds semi sweet chocolate
Instructions
- How to make Brazilian Honey Cakes:
- 1- In a teapot or a recipient with lid, steep the fennel seeds in the boiling water for 5 minutes. Reserve
- 2- In a large bowl add altogether honey, all-purpose flour, cocoa chocolate, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, ground cardamon, salt, baking soda and brown sugar.
- 3- Strain the fennel infusion and pour into the dry ingredients and whisk for 3 minutes
- 4- Grease the mini cake pan or ramikens with unsalted butter and floured.
- 5- Pour the batter filling halfway through as the cakes will rise.
- 6- Bake in preheated oven in a 320°F for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cakes come out clean.
- 7- Remove from the pan and let them cool on cookie rack.
- 8- After the cakes cooling cut each one in half and spred the dulce de leche coconut flakes and brigadeiro.
- 9- Make the tempered chocolate sauce and dip each one of the honey cakes. You can tempered the chocolate on microwave, just place your chocolate in microwave safe bowl and heat on high for 30 seconds..., stir and repeat again for 30 seconds on high, stir, then 10 seconds, stir... if it is not melted heat for my 5 seconds until is melted.
- 10- Place the coated honey cakes on the silicone baking mat or parchment paper and let them set.
- 11- Enjoy!!!!
Notes
Check this Sweet bread recipe.
https://cassiascuisine.com/brazilian-sweet-bread-coating-with-coconut/