Caribbean Sweet Cornbread Food

CARIBBEAN SWEET CORNBREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, corn meal, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar. While the mixer is running, add the eggs one at a time beating well after each egg.
• Continue running the mixer and slowly one at a time, add the creamed corn, pineapple, cheese and the 1/4 cup canola oil. Mix until well blended. Slowly add the bowl of dry ingredients, and mix until well blended.
• Grease a 9x2-inch round metal pan (or 9x9 square baking dish) with the remaining 2 tablespoons of canola oil and set in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove pan from oven and immediately pour the batter into the pan and bake until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. The cornbread should be golden brown when done. (You can also separate the mixture into into two round greased pans if preferred.)

CARIBBEAN COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.
• Combine flour, sugar, coconut, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; stir once or twice with a wooden spoon. Add eggs, milk, water, oil, coconut extract, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix well until batter is blended.
• Pour batter into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.

CARIBBEAN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Butter and flour a 9-inch square glass cake pan (you can use a metal pan but the recipe states that glass works better).
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.
• While mixer is running, add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add corn, pineapple and cheese; mix to blend.
• At low speed, add flour mixture and mix until well blended.
• Pour batter into pan and bake until golden brown around edges and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

CARIBBEAN-INSPIRED CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium-sized bowl combine the wet ingredients - egg, milk, vanilla, mixed essence and melted butter.
• Follow by combining the dry ingredients (flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder) in a large bowl.
• Slowly add the wet ingredients to the large bowl and stir until all ingredients are moistened and well combined. Try not to over mix your batter
• Pour the batter into a 12" greased loaf pan.
• Bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Let your cornbread stand for at least 15 minutes before serving.

MEXICAN-STYLE SWEET CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine corn muffin mix, corn, butter, sugar, water, and salt in a bowl. Pour into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until all the liquid is absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes. Scoop onto serving dishes with an ice cream scoop.

RUM-LACED CARIBBEAN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease an 8" square pan.
• Combine the milk, butter, rum and eggs in a large bowl; whisk until well mixed.
• Add in remaining ingredients; stir just until moistened.
• Spread in the greased pan.
• Bake 45-50 minutes, or until done.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.