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Gâteau Manioc

Name: Gâteau Manioc
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Vanuatu
Ingredients: 200g Tapioca starch; 100g Shredded Coconut; 300ml Coconut milk; 2 Egg; 120g Sugar; 40g Butter; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Dessert

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

A chewy cake of cassava and coconut from francophone Vanuatu.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Gâteau manioc means 'cassava cake' in French, a sweet loved in Vanuatu, which has a history of joint British-French rule. Grated cassava is mixed with coconut, sugar, eggs, and vanilla and baked. It's chewy and sold at markets and bakeries.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At the sweets section of Port Vila's market, golden cassava cake is cut into squares and the scent of coconut drifts by.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Tapioca starch 200g
Shredded Coconut 100g
Coconut milk 300ml
Egg 2
Sugar 120g
Butter 40g
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the eggs and sugar.
Add the coconut milk, melted butter, and vanilla.
Add the tapioca starch and coconut and mix.
Pour into a pan.
Bake at 170°C for 50 minutes.

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