Recipe: Traditional Mallorcan Apricot Cake

Recipe: Traditional Mallorcan Apricot Cake

www.barcelona-metropolitan.com

This unusual "coca" from Mallorca is very popular when apricots are in season and has a couple of rather surprising ingredients: potatoes and sobrasada. And, it's delightful!

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  • June 2025
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  • July 2025
  • Tara Shain
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Cooking tools:

  • Stand mixer
  • Hand mixer
  • Potato masher
  • Fork
  • Kitchen scale
  • Saucepan
  • Pot
  • Colander
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Whisk
  • Spatula
  • Wooden spoon
  • Cherry pitter
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Dish cloth
  • Baking pan
  • Pastry brush
  • Oven
  • Cooling rack
  • Sifter
  • Paring knife

Ingredients

  • 300 g cooked potato, mashed
  • 525 g bread flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 60 ml lukewarm whole milk
  • 25 g fresh yeast
  • 3 large eggs
  • 300 g sugar
  • 160 ml mild extra virgin olive oil*
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ½ tsp almond flavoring
  • 100 g sugar
  • 10 apricots, halved
  • sobrasada (optional)
  • 10 cherries, pitted
  • vermouth (optional)

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