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Surinamese Cassava and Coconut Dessert

A Surinamese dessert made from grated cassava, coconut, eggs, sugar, raisins, and spices baked into a firm cake.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cassava and coconut work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 33 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Oven350°F (175°C)

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel and grate the cassava.

  2. Grate the white coconut meat.

  3. Beat the eggs and sugar until firm.

  4. Add the vanilla and almond essence.

  5. Combine the eggs and sugar with the grated coconut and cassava.

  6. Add the cinnamon, milk, raisins, and salt.

  7. Melt the butter and add it to the mixture.

Bake

  1. Rub the dish you want to use with butter or use Pam.

  2. Put the mixture in the dish.

  3. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  4. Bake the Bojo for about an hour, until firm on top but not dry inside.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cassava + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Cinnamon + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Cinnamon + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cassava
Forms the bulk of the cake and gives it a starchy, tender body.
Eggs
Set on baking to bind the grated mixture into a firm, sliceable cake.
Coconut
Adds moisture and a rich, fragrant flavour to the cake.
Sugar
Sweetens the cake and helps it brown lightly in the oven.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a soft, moist crumb.
Milk
Adds moisture so the grated cassava and coconut can soften as the cake bakes.

The step that matters

Bake until firm on top but not dry inside. Eggs set as they heat, so the cake needs enough time to firm through, but over-baking drives off moisture from the starchy cassava and coconut and leaves the inside dry.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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