Puerto Rican Coconut Cake Recipes

PINEAPPLE COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 12 cup bundt pan. Lightly flour and tap out excess.
• 2. Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
• 3. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4. Mix yogurt with pineapples in a small bowl.
• 5. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture, low speed, in 3 additions alternating with yogurt mixture, starting and ending with flour. Add coconut extract and vanilla and continue to beat for 3 minutes.
• 6. Pour into prepared bundt pan. Bake for 60 mins at 325 or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack to cool for 15 mins. Then turn out cake on the wire rack to cool completely.
• 7. Whisk together pineapple juice and confectioners sugar and drizzle over cooled cake. sprinkle coconut over glaze.
• 8. Options: You could also add 1 tsp.lime rind to batter and make the glaze using lime juice instead of pineapple to give it a pina colada flavor.

TEMBLEQUE (PUERTO RICAN COCONUT PUDDING)

Steps:

• Grease eight 4-ounce molds or one large 4-cup mold (you can use ramekins, baking pans, custard cups, etc.) with a spritz of baking spray or coconut oil. Stir together the coconut milk, salt and sugar and stir in a medium saucepan over medium-high until the sugar dissolves.
• Transfer 1 cup of the warm coconut milk to a medium bowl. Whisk in the cornstarch to create a smooth slurry. Slowly whisk the slurry back into the pan and cook, whisking constantly, until thickened and pudding-like, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared molds and let cool at room temperature for 20 minutes before loosely covering with plastic wrap and refrigerating.
• Chill until set, at least 4 hours. To serve, run a thin wet knife along the edges of the molds, then carefully invert onto a plate or plates. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon if desired.

PUERTO RICAN COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Cream butter.
• Add 1 cup of the sugar and cream well. Combine coconut milk or sweet milk and vanilla extract.
• Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• In a small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy.
• Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat until stiff and glossy.
• Fold beaten whites into the batter carefully.
• Bake in 2 (9-inch) layer pans at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Frost with favorite seven-minute frosting and sprinkle with coconut.