Editing Brazilian cuisine (section)

==Typical and popular desserts==
{{see also|List of Brazilian sweets and desserts}}
[[File:Bolo de Rolo, doce brasileiro, típico de Pernambuco.jpg|thumb|[[Bolo de rolo]]]]
[[File:Brigadeiro2.jpg|thumb|[[Brigadeiro]]]]
[[File:Paçoca.jpg|thumb|[[Paçoca]]]]
[[File:Cocada de Muriqui 1.png|thumb|Brazilian [[cocada]]]]
[[File:Quindim.jpg|thumb|[[Quindim]]]]
[[File:Mousse de maracujá.jpg|thumb|[[Passion fruit mousse]]]]

Brazil has a tradition of manufacturing jams and jellies from fresh tropical fruits, as Brazil is recognized worldwide as a country with great characteristics in food production, being one of the largest food exporters in the world. Brazilians inherited the taste and cultivation of [[sugar]] from the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] who [[Immigration to Brazil|immigrated to Brazil]]. In the kitchens of the sugar farms, the wives of the [[farmer]]s taught the subordinates how to properly mix the ingredients. This led to a growth in its commercialization in the Brazilian market, Portuguese recipes spread throughout the Brazilian colony and became part of the colonial food menu.

The Portuguese tradition of producing [[sweets]] with [[eggs as food|eggs]] and sugar joined the immense variety of Brazilian [[tropical fruit]]s, which provided an immense menu of delicacies. Brazil has a variety of candies such as [[brigadeiro]]s (chocolate fudge balls), [[cocada]] (a coconut sweet), [[beijinho]]s (coconut truffles and clove) and [[Romeu e Julieta]] (cheese with a guava jam known as [[goiabada]]).

Peanuts are used to make [[paçoca]], [[rapadura]] and [[pé-de-moleque]]. Local common fruits like [[açaí]], [[cupuaçu]], [[mango]], [[papaya]], [[cocoa bean|cocoa]], [[cashew]], [[guava]], [[orange (fruit)|orange]], [[passionfruit]], [[pineapple]], and [[Spondias|hog plum]] are turned in [[juice]]s and used to make [[chocolate]]s, [[ice pop]]s and [[ice cream]].<ref>Freyre, Gilberto. Açúcar. Uma Sociologia do Doce, com Receitas de Bolos e Doces do Nordeste do Brasil. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1997.</ref>

===Typical cakes (''bolos'')===
* ''[[Pavê]]''
* ''{{ill|Cuca (pastry)|pt|Cuca (bolo)|lt=Cuca}}'', a board cake made with eggs, wheat flour, and butter and covered with sugar, very similar to [[Streuselkuchen]], a traditional German cuisine cake. It is typical of the [[South Region, Brazil|southern region of Brazil]].
* ''Nega maluca'' (chocolate cake with a chocolate cover and chocolate [[sprinkles]])
* ''Pão de mel'' ([[honey]] [[cake]], somewhat resembling [[gingerbread]], usually covered with melted chocolate)
* ''[[Bolo de rolo]]'' ([[Bread roll|roll]] [[cake]], a thin mass wrapped with melted [[guava]])
* ''[[Bolo de cenoura]]'' (carrot cake with chocolate cover made with butter and cocoa)
* ''Bolo prestígio'' (cake covered with a version of brigadeiro, which replaces cocoa powder for grated coconut)
* ''[[Bolo de fubá]]'' (corn flour cake)
* ''Bolo de milho'' (Brazilian-style corn cake)
* ''Bolo de maracujá'' ([[passion fruit]] cake)
* ''Bolo de mandioca'' ([[cassava]] cake)
* ''Bolo de queijo'' (literally "cheese cake")
* ''Bolo de laranja'' (orange cake)
* ''Bolo de banana'' (banana cake with [[cinnamon]] drizzle)
* {{Lang|pt|Bolo Souza Leão}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bolo Souza Leão: DNA 100% pernambucano |url=https://www.folhape.com.br/sabores/bolo-souza-leao-dna-100-pernambucano/20525/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.folhape.com.br |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasconcelos |first=Leonardo |date=2021-10-08 |title=Jaboat&atilde;o: Bolo Souza Le&atilde;o e outras del&iacute;cias da gastronomia da cidade |url=https://jc.ne10.uol.com.br/colunas/turismo-de-valor/2021/10/13608713-jaboatao-bolo-souza-leao-e-outras-delicias-da-gastronomia-da-cidade.html |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=JC |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-29 |title=Souza Leão: o bolo que é conhecido como o ‘rei dos bolos’ |url=https://g1.globo.com/globo-reporter/noticia/2012/06/bolo-souza-leao-e-considerado-o-melhor-das-festas-juninas-de-recife.html |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Globo Repórter |language=pt-br}}</ref>
* {{Lang|pt|Bolo Marta Rocha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torta Marta Rocha {{!}} Dias Lopes |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/dias-lopes/torta-marta-rocha/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=VEJA |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=1ª Miss Brasil, Martha Rocha virou nome de torta em Curitiba; conheça história por trás da homenagem |url=https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2022/10/28/1a-miss-brasil-martha-rocha-virou-nome-de-torta-em-curitiba-conheca-historia-por-tras-da-homenagem.ghtml |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2023 |title='É De Casa': confeitaria mais antiga de Curitiba é destaque no programa com curiosidades sobre o bolo Martha Rocha |url=https://redeglobo.globo.com/rpc/noticia/e-de-casa-confeitaria-mais-antiga-de-curitiba-e-destaque-no-programa-com-curiosidades-sobre-o-bolo-martha-rocha.ghtml}}</ref>
* {{Lang|pt|Bolo de noiva}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=PE |first=Marina BarbosaDo G1 |date=2015-05-24 |title=Com massa escura de frutas e vinho, bolo de noiva é típico de Pernambuco |url=https://g1.globo.com/pernambuco/noticia/2015/05/com-massa-escura-de-frutas-e-vinho-bolo-de-noiva-e-tipico-de-pernambuco.html |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Pernambuco |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bolo de noiva, prestes a virar Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial de Pernambuco, é tema de live |url=https://www.folhape.com.br/sabores/bolo-de-noiva-prestes-a-virar-patrimonio-cultural-imaterial-de/225954/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.folhape.com.br |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pernambuco |first=Diario de |date=2023-12-15 |title=Bolo de Noiva vai virar Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial do Estado |url=https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/noticia/vidaurbana/2023/12/bolo-de-noiva-vai-virar-patrimonio-cultural-imaterial-do-estado.html |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Diario de Pernambuco |language=pt-br}}</ref>
===Other popular and traditional desserts===
* ''[[Brigadeiro]]'' (a Brazilian chocolate candy, considered the most typical dessert in the country, a type of truffle made of condensed milk, butter and cocoa powder)
* ''[[Paçoca]]'' (similar to Spanish ''polvorones'', but made with peanuts instead of almonds and without the addition of fats)
* ''[[Quindim]]'' (egg custard with coconut)<ref name="Brittin" />
* ''[[Cocada]]'' (coconut sweet)
* ''[[Beijinho]]'' (coconut "truffles" with [[clove]])
* ''[[Cajuzinho]]'' (peanut and cashew "truffles")
* ''[[Crème caramel#Regional varieties|Pudim de leite]]'' ([[condensed milk]]-based [[crème caramel]], of French origin)
* ''[[Dulce de leche|Doce de leite]]''
* ''[[Goiabada]]''
* ''[[Olho-de-sogra]]''
* ''[[Pé-de-moleque]]'' (made with [[peanut]]s and sugar caramel)
* ''[[Sagu (dessert)|Sagu]]''
* ''[[Passion fruit mousse|Mousse de maracujá]]''
* ''[[Queijadinha]]''
* ''[[Creme de papaya]]''
* ''[[Maria-mole]]''
* ''[[Pamonha]]'' (a traditional Brazilian food made from fresh corn and milk wrapped in corn husks and boiled). It can be savoury or sweet.
* ''[[Rapadura]]''
* ''[[Curau]]'' 
* ''[[Canjica (dish)|Canjica]]'' 
* ''{{ill|Torta holandesa|pt}}''
* "[[Açaí na tigela]]" (usually consists of an [[açaí]] (Brazilian fruit) mixture with bananas and cereal or strawberries and cereal (usually granola or muslix))
* ''Pudim de pão'' (literally "bread pudding", a pie made with bread "from yesterday" immersed in milk instead of flour (plus the other typical pie ingredients like eggs, sugar, etc.) with dried orange slices and [[clove]])
* ''[[Manjar branco]]'' (coconut pudding with caramel cover and dried plums)
* ''Arroz-doce'' ([[rice pudding]])
* ''Torta de limão'' (literally ’lime pie’, a [[shortcrust pastry]] with creamy lime-flavored filling)
* ''Brigadeirão'' (a ''pudim de leite'' with chocolate or a chocolate cake)
* ''Doce de banana'' or ''Bananada'' (different types of banana sweets, solid or creamy)
* ''[[Papo-de-anjo]]''
* [[Avocado]] cream (avocado, lime and confectionery sugar; blended and chilled)<ref name="Brittin" />
* ''[[Biscoito de polvilho]]''
* ''[[Bolinho de chuva]]''
* [[Ficus|Fig]], [[papaya]], [[mango]], [[orange (fruit)|orange]], [[citron]], [[pear]], [[peach]], [[pumpkin]], [[sweet potato]] (among others) sweets and [[fruit preserves|preserves]], often eaten with solid fresh cheese or [[Dulce de leche|doce de leite]].