Cassava cake

This is a traditional Filipino cake made out of cassava. You may recall my first post involving grated cassava is 'Ube halaya' recipe. You will not believe how many dish you can make out of grated cassava. When I find some more time to write, I will upload another recipe called suman made of grated cassava - more popularly known as 'sumang balinghoy' back home. This is my very first trial of making cassava cake because I'm not really a fan. I remember it to be very sweet (which is not my thing), but with proper measurements, you can tweak it to be pleasantly tasty and rich with mild sweetness.

Ingredients:
For the cake
3 cups of grated cassava
1 can of coconut meat or buko (can do without)
1 can of coconut milk
1 can of evaporated milk
2 pieces of medium-sized chicken eggs
1 can of condensed milk
2 tbsp white granulated sugar
Butter for greasing baking tray

For toppings
1 cup of of condensed milk
1 cup of evaporated milk
1 medium-sized chicken egg (we only need the yolk for this)
1/2 cup of grated mild cheddar cheese

Procedures:
1. Prepare baking trays - grease them with butter. I added banana leaves at the bottom to make it look authentic. You can use baking paper as an alternative
2. Preheat oven at 180 degrees. This shall be ready when you finished mixing the batter
3. For the batter, combine grated cassava, coconut meat, coconut milk, milk (both evaporated and condensed), sugar and eggs in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly
4. Pour in the batter to the prepared baking trays
5. When the oven reached the desired heat (180 degrees), place the baking tray with batter inside and bake for 1 hour. Use timer for accuracy. This is approximately one hour unless you used a very large and thick baking tray. In that case, you have to test by inserting toothpick in the batter, if it comes off clean, then it's ready. While waiting for the baked batter, prepare the toppings
6. In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine condensed milk, evaporated milk and eggs. Stir continuously to avoid burning the bottom of the pan. Wait until it boils (when small bubbles pop in the surface). Continue stirring until the mixture becomes a little thick, see photo below. When desired thickness is reached, add grated cheese and stir for 1 more minute before turning off the heat
7. Once the baked batter is ready, Pour the toppings in and spread evenly. Put it back in the oven for another 10 to 15 minutes (at 180 degrees) until the toppings turn into golden brown with patches of dark brownish color (see photo below)
8. Once ready, take out of the oven and let it cool. Slice and serve with freshly brewed coffee. Perfect for breakfast or afternoon snack.