Summer fruits are in full force in Peru. The weather is hot, humid but not all that sunny in Lima. Still, it makes you crave bites of sweet, chilled fruits like mangoes all through the day. There are several varieties of mangoes to choose from when you are shopping at the stores. This particular cake requires a sweet, ripe mango which is evidenced by its bright colors and its slight give when you gently squeeze it. Choose an Edwards Mango if you actually find yourself in Peru.
This cake requires a simple preparation and produces a lovely, moist texture that will be hard to resist!
Dulce de Mango / Sweet Mango Cake
Adapted from El Comercio
Makes 1 loaf
1 cup of diced mango
1/3 cup of evaporated milk
2 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of butter, melted and cooled
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1. Preheat the oven to 350F and coat an 8×4 loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. In a blender, puree the mango, milk, eggs, sugar and butter together until the mixture is smooth. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; whisk to combine. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the mango mixture. Stir gently to combine. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake at 350F for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when tested. Remove from the oven and allow to cool 10 minutes in the pan, remove gently and cool completely.
Note: With a silicone loaf mold the baking time was increased to 50 minutes.
Oh lovely cake! Terrific cake pan markings! (and that was a silicone loaf mold – very nice.)
This looks beautiful! I love mangoes
This is beautiful! I love the markings on the top of the loaf. I’ve never baked with mango before, I think it’s a good time to start!
The cake looks great. I absolutely love mangoes!
Looks so temptingly delicious! This will surely be a hit with my kids. We all love mangoes!
We can find mangoes at our local grocers this time of year. It brings a little bit of thoughts of a warmer climate to our Canadian wintery kitchens:D
What a gorgeous cake! I wouldn’t be able to turn this down!
Mangoes in a cake, sounds absolutely terrific. It looks so pretty, bet the taste is spectacular!
A mango cake who can resist that, a definitely must try
btw, love your new home:)
Wow! I am definitely going to try this recipe. This sounds great.
My mom LOOOOOOVEEESSS mangos. I’ll have to make this for her, it sounds wonderful!
summer or winter I would be glad to have a piece of this cake
Que rico este bizcocho con mangos!!1 En cuanto encuentre unos maduros, haré esta receta…
Ana
That mango cake looks good!
Thanks! ~Gretchen
so, i’m mexican and here we have a lot of mango trees at home, this tip is a big help to find diferents way to use all. thanks, and bon apetite!!! provecho!!!