Recipe: Appetizing Brigadeiro Cake

Brigadeiro Cake. This Brigadeiro Cake is sponsored by Nestlé. Ask any Brazilian what is their favorite cake and you will always get the same answer: brigadeiro cake. Absolutely nothing compares to this rich, fudgy, moist chocolate cake!

Bring to a simmer until it is consistent. Turn off the heat and add the cream. Use half of the brigadeiro as filling for the cake and the rest as topping. You can cook Brigadeiro Cake using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Brigadeiro Cake

1. You need 4 of eggs.
2. It's 1 cup of sugar.
3. It's 1/4 cup of oil.
4. You need 1 cup of flour.
5. You need 1 pinch of salt.
6. It's 1 1/2 cups of chocolate powder.
7. You need 1/2 cup of boiling water.
8. You need 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
9. It's 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder.
10. Prepare 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk.
11. Prepare 1 tablespoon of butter.
12. It's 2 tablespoons of cream (25 percent fat content).
13. It's 2 cups of chocolate chips.

HOW TO PREPARE BRIGADEIRO CAKE: For the cake: Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and reserve in the fridge. Put the chocolate broken into pieces and the margarine in a bowl and melt in the microwave. Remove from microwave and stir with a fork until a creamy mixture; set aside.

Brigadeiro Cake step by step

1. Separate the whites from the yolks. Reserve the egg whites in a bowl; beat the egg yolks with sugar and oil..
2. Mix the flour, salt and 1 cup of chocolate powder..
3. Add, alternately, water and the flour mix to the yolk mixture..
4. When well incorporated, add the vanilla extract..
5. Beat the egg whites..
6. Add the baking powder and the egg whites gently..
7. Line the bottom of a round cake pan with parchment paper, grease and flour the sides and place the batter in it..
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 40 minutes..
9. When the cake has cooled, cut it in half with the aid of a knife or a nylon wire..
10. In a saucepan, add the condensed milk, 1/2 cup chocolate and butter. Bring to a simmer until it is consistent. Turn off the heat and add the cream. Stir to keep it warm..
11. Use half of the brigadeiro as filling for the cake and the rest as topping..
12. Finish with chocolate chips..

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine cocoa, butter and condensed milk. Remove from heat and let rest until cool enough to handle. Brigadeiro cake is the quintessential Brazilian birthday cake, and if you ask any Brazilian, we'll say this is the one chocolate cake to rule them all! This Brigadeiro cake recipe makes three layers of moist, tender crumb, super chocolaty cake and a smooth, ooey-gooey fudgy brigadeiro frosting and filling. The best part is you can decorate it with ALL.