Ball of Berlin

S & I: Brioche dough, sweet egg cream filling, sprinkled with granulated or icing sugar (Northern Portugal). H & C: The Bola de Berlim is the only fried cake included in this book. It is available in both filled and plain variations. It is derived from the Berliner Pfannkuchen, a jelly donut popular in Europe (as evidenced by its varied nomenclature). The Portuguese variation is larger than the original, and its more plentiful filling is inserted through a lengthwise incision on the cake, rather than by injection.