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Bojo

Name: Bojo
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Suriname
Ingredients: 200g Tapioca starch; 150g Shredded Coconut; 3 Egg; 150g Sugar; 80g Butter; 200ml Coconut milk; 50g Raisins; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Dessert

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Grated cassava, coconut, and raisins baked into a Surinamese cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bojo is a traditional Surinamese cake: grated cassava and coconut are mixed with eggs, sugar, butter, raisins, cinnamon, vanilla, and almond essence and baked. With no wheat flour, it's dense and chewy. It's baked for birthdays and celebrations and loved in Surinamese households.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a birthday in a Surinamese home, chewy golden coconut cake is cut into squares and served with coffee.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Tapioca starch 200g
Shredded Coconut 150g
Egg 3
Sugar 150g
Butter 80g
Coconut milk 200ml
Raisins 50g
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the melted butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time.
Add the coconut milk, vanilla, and cinnamon.
Add the tapioca starch and coconut and mix.
Mix in the raisins and pour into a pan.
Bake at 170°C for 50 minutes until golden on top.

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