Portuguese coffee biscuit cake
No-bake layered Maria biscuit cake with coffee and buttercream.
⏱ Estimated time: 275 minutes🍽 Servings: 10🇵🇹 Portugal

Ingredients
- 300 g Maria biscuits
- 250 g softened butter
- 170 g icing sugar
- 350 ml cold decaffeinated coffee
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Crushed biscuits for topping
Step-by-step method
- Beat butter and icing sugar into a fluffy cream and add vanilla.
- Prepare decaffeinated coffee and cool completely.
- Quickly dip each biscuit into coffee and make a layer on a plate.
- Spread a thin layer of buttercream and repeat the biscuit and cream layers.
- Cover the cake, sprinkle with biscuit crumbs and chill for at least 4 hours before serving.
A home-style version; regional and family variations are common. Check cooking times and food doneness before serving.