Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 cups cornmeal
  • 2 cups cornmeal mixture of half, and half wheat flour
  • 1 lemon
  • 5 3/4 cups cornmeal mixture of half, and half wheat flour
  • 1 5/8 cups water at room temperature
  • 1 envelope yeast
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • sugar
  • ground cinnamon

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 190 Celsius.
  • Make the dough by combining the yeast with the 700 gr. flour mixture. Combine the salt with the water. Make a well in the flour mixture and fill with the salt water. Form into a ball and place into an oiled bowl, covered, for approximately 2 hours.
  • Make the bica by creaming the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs along with the zest and mix well.
  • Add the dough little by little and then the flour mixture.
  • Place into a square or rectangular greased and floured baking pan.
  • Bake for 30 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove form oven, let cool slightly, and remove from pan.
  • Cut into squares and serve sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon