Cassava Cake (the recipe)

Once again I had the craving for sweet homey cassava cake last night. After dinner I  took out the four ingredients that's needed for  (my version) of cassava cake. Of course you can GOOGLE cassava cake and get all sorts of promisingly yummy cassava cake recipes. Those that have strips of jackfruit, strips of (mutant) coconut we call "macapuno",  butter, coconut milk,eggs, nata de coco....the works. My cassava cake is so simple you can make it with your eyes closed. I like my cassava cake simple and clean tasting. It has 5 ingredients. And the fifth one is optional

So while Zachary was busy being amused with the novelty of his new loft bed, I seized the moment to whip up the cassava batter, divided them in pans and  shoved them all in the oven. Soon after, Zachary was calling me to "spend time" with him. He suggested I grab my book  and the two of us will read up in his loft bed (whose instruction booklet actually says, Not for two people. I figured we are two slim  ahem! people so it should be okay)  That was a temptation I cannot pass up. It will be my chance to lay down my tired body, read my can't-put-it-down book about Jackie O,  play footsie while reading and lastly spend time with him.  About 45 minutes AFTER I shoved the cassava in the oven, the timer started beeping. We said his night prayers ( this is another story in itself!)  and I climbed down the loft bed with my bones literally creaking, and told Zach to go to sleep. I waddled to the kitchen sniffing the beautiful smell wafting in the house and took the pans out of the oven.
And for that craving that patiently waited, it deserved a good treatment and must be dealt with, pronto! don't you think? So I sliced me a dainty portion and made tea in my flowery teacup, all the time hoping Zach has gone to dreamland. I sat down and poised myself to start my nightcap, then...from the dark little room came a muchkin voice,
"Maaaaaa......what are you eating?"
I said....."Whadddddaaaaaa?!!!!!"

(this is an old picture of cassava cake I've made in one big pan)

Cassava Cake

Ingredients:
a small bag of ground cassava  (I'll have to put up a picture of this bag...soon :-)
a cup of sugar
1 can of evaporated milk
a tsp. of vanilla
Coconut Sport (macapuno)

Preheat oven to 375F or  180C. Mix all ingredients except coconut sport (macapuno). Divide between batter into two small round or square pans ( because I like my cassava cake thin and soft) OR  in one big pan.

Bake for 40 minutes.  Take out the pans at this point and put coconut sport (macapuno) on top of each  cake. Put the pans back in the oven for 5-10 more minutes. when the batter is all gelled up it's done.