Brazilian Honey Bread

Brazilian Honey Bread

(96 individual breads)

Ingredients:

(if you need, use a “oz” conversion calculator on the internet)

490 g brown sugar

400 ml water

5 eggs (separated)

700 g all purpose flour

5 g ground cloves

5 g ground cinnamon

25 g chocolate powder

20 g baking soda

10 g baking powder

250 ml milk

300 ml honey

Syrup:

200 ml water

10 g brown sugar

3 cinnamon sticks

10 g cloves

Icing:

1.5 kg milk chocolate

1 kg semi-sweetened chocolate

Dulce de leche for the filling

Directions:

For the syrup, put all the ingredients in a saucepan in low heat, for about 15min. Drain it and let it cool.

Beat egg whites until it forms stiff and firm peaks, reserve.

Preheat oven 350°C. Butter and flour a 12 X 16inch pan, or use individual pans.

Mix with a whisk, the cold syrup, with the sifted flour, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, chocolate powder. Add the baking soda dissolved into the milk and the sifted baking soda. Add the egg yolks one by one and whisk well. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter. Pour the batter in the pan and bake for approx. 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the cake come out clean. Let it cool. Pour the syrup over the cake. Cut the cake into squares.

For the icing, melt the chocolates in a microwave oven or in a double boiler and cover the breads. Use a fork to dip the bread. Place on aluminum foil to dry into the refrigerator.