Coconut Bake

Name: Coconut Bake
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: Makes a 30-cm/12-inch round loaf
Cuisine: Trinidad & Tobago
Ingredients: 40 g/1½ oz lard or white vegetable shortening; 100 g/4 oz butter; 60 g/2 oz grated coconut; 2 tbsp brown sugar; ½ tsp salt; 3 tsp baking powder; 450 g/1 lb plain flour; 40 g/1½ oz lard or white vegetable shortening; 300 ml/½ pint coconut milk

Preparation info

Makes a
30 cm
round loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

Serve this crumbly light Trinidadian coconut bake for breakfast with Bul Jol or Pick-up Saltfish.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb plain flour
3 tsp baking powder

Americas
Trinidad & Tobago
Caribbean
Breakfast

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease a baking sheet.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add the brown sugar and grated coconut and then rub in the butter and lard or shortening.
Slowly add the coconut milk and m