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Bolo de Jinguba

Name: Bolo de Jinguba
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Angola
Ingredients: 150g (unsalted) Peanuts; 200g All-purpose flour; 3 Egg; 150g Sugar; 100g Butter; 100ml Milk; 2 tsp Baking Powder

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Cake baked with plenty of crushed peanuts — Angola's homestyle peanut cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Jinguba is the Angolan word for peanut (from Kimbundu), and bolo de jinguba is peanut cake. Peanuts are widely grown in Angola, and roasted, crushed peanuts are mixed generously into the batter. It's loved as a home snack and birthday cake.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an afternoon in an Angolan home, a fresh peanut cake is sliced as the children reach for pieces.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Peanuts 150g (unsalted)
All-purpose flour 200g
Egg 3
Sugar 150g
Butter 100g
Milk 100ml
Baking Powder 2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast and skin the peanuts and crush coarsely (reserve a few for decoration).
Cream the softened butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time.
Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix in alternately with the milk.
Mix in the crushed peanuts, pour into a pan, and scatter with the reserved peanuts.
Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes.

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