Folar de Olhão (Portuguese orange-cinnamon cake)
Folar de Olhão (Portuguese orange-cinnamon cake)

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Great recipe for Folar de Olhão (Portuguese orange-cinnamon cake). A Portuguese breakfast cake for Easter. You must try it with orange juice, it is wonderful and worth it.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have folar de olhão (portuguese orange-cinnamon cake) using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Folar de Olhão (Portuguese orange-cinnamon cake):
  1. Take Dough:
  2. Take 1/2 cup + 5 tbsp of melted and cooled butter
  3. Prepare 1/8 cup milk
  4. Make ready 1/2 cup + 4 tbsp of Orange Juice with pulp
  5. Take 1/8 cup Brandy or Rum (for baking or regular)
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
  7. Make ready 1 yeast packet
  8. Prepare 4 Cups flour
  9. Take Filling:
  10. Prepare 1/2 cup and 5 tbsp of melted butter
  11. Make ready 1 cup brown sugar
  12. Get 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  13. Get 1 tsp fennel seeds chopped
  14. Get 2 tbsp Orange juice

Pour the liquid into the dry mixture and turn the mixer on medium speed. Folar de Olhão is a traditional Portuguese sweet bread that's more similar to a cake, originating from the Algarve region. Folar is a fancy bread which is traditionally baked at Easter. There are many types - sweet and savoury, but we've only tried a few.

Instructions to make Folar de Olhão (Portuguese orange-cinnamon cake):
  1. For the Dough: Combine the dry ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment. In a separate bowl, whisk together the liquid ingredients until combined. Pour the liquid into the dry mixture and turn the mixer on medium speed. Once a cohesive dough is formed, continue to knead in the mixer for about five minutes. Cover with plastic and allow to rise in warm place until double in size, about an hour and a half.
  2. For the Filling: Stir all the ingredients together in a medium bowl.
  3. To assemble: Butter an 8-inch ring mold or cake pan and place on a sheet tray. Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a rectangle. Cut the dough into 12 squares, then roll each square into a ball. Use a rolling pin to roll each dough ball into a thin circle about 8 inches in diameter. This doesn’t have to be exact
  4. Place one circle of dough at the bottom of the pan or ring mold. Spread about 1 ½ tablespoons of filling on top of the dough. Repeat layering and filling with the rest of the, finishing with the filling on top.
  5. Cover the pan or ring mold with plastic and allow to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375ºF
  6. Bake the folar for 45 minutes. Allow the cake to cool for a few minutes, then turn the pan upside down or remove to ring mol while the gooey filling is still hot. If you have any trouble with this, use an offset spatula to loosen the sides of the cake from the pan.
  7. Cut into slices and serve warm or at room temperature

My favourite to date is the Folar de Olhão with its seven layers of caramelised sugar and cinnamon. More like a cake than a bread it is hard on the outside, with the appearance of a large English pork pie and incredibly gooey inside. What came first, Cinnabon or Monkey Bread? I f you like either, you will absolutely love this Portuguese Easter bread from the town of Olhao in the Algarve. Simple to make and easy too, it has much more flavor.

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