Little Coconut Cake / Tert di Coco

Information

Discover how to prepare Coconut Cake, a Cake recipe from Curacao. This page includes the complete ingredient list and preparation steps so you can recreate it at home.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Grated Coconut
• 1/2 Cup milk
• 1/4 Cup coconut water. If you do not drink coconut water, you can use milk, or coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 cup rice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 or 5 eggs (separate the yoke from eggs and keep them separate)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• one vanilla bean

Preparation

1. In a bowl, mix the sugar and vanilla butter, sugar and egg yolk . (poor use a mixer)
2. Add the flour, milk and coconut water until the mixture becomes soft or smooth
3. Beat the egg whites until foamy.
4. Add the grated coconut and beaten egg white to the bowl and continue to mix
5. Fill the mold with oil or Crisco and pour the mix into the mold
6. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C) then put the mold in the oven
7. Check the cake after 45 minutes to see if it is done. Pour insert a toothpick to see if the cake is fully cooked