Caribbean Corn Bread Recipes

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.)

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease and flour a 2-quart baking dish.
• Whisk sweetened condensed milk, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Stir in whole kernel corn, cream-style corn, and butter.
• Whisk cornmeal, flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; stir cornmeal mixture into the corn mixture.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cornbread comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Serve warm.

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 CREAMED CORN, CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Spray baking dish with cooking spray and pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
• whisk together all the dried ingredients and set aside. in another bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and melted butter (i used i cant believe its not butter in order to lessen the amount of fat and it worked perfectly well) and add to the dried ingredients, whisking all the way until all the ingredients are well incorporated. then add in peppers, creamed corn, celery and onions. mix well and set aside for 15 minutes in order for the cornmeal to soak up all the liquids. this ensures a much more moist cornbread.
• place in oven for 20-25 minutes or until the knife comes out clean.

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.

PARAGUAYAN CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and set aside.
• Heat butter and oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper, cook 5 minutes or until soft. Place onion mixture in a food processor. Add 1 1/2 cups corn and cottage cheese; process until almost smooth, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Place pureed mixture in a large bowl. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup corn, cornmeal, cheddar cheese, milk, salt and black pepper.
• Place egg whites and cream of tartar in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently stir one-fourth of egg white mixture into batter; gently fold in remaining egg white mixture. Spoon into prepared pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (cover loosely with foil if it becomes too brown). Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Place a plate upside down on top of bread, invert onto plate. Cut into wedges.

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.

JAMAICAN COCONUT CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees, oil a 9 by 9 square baking pan and set aside. Spread the coconut on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 3-5 minutes, then stir, bake for another 3-5 minutes if needed until coconut turns a golden brown. Transfer to a bowl to cool. Raise the temperature of the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl, stir together the coconut, cornmeal, pastry flour, baking powder, salt, and brown sugar. Break u pany clumps of brown sugar with your fingers. In a small bowl, whisk the coconut milk and egg. Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture and transfer to the prepared baking pan, smoothing the top of the batter.Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cener of the loaf comes out clean. Cool on a rack.

CAYMAN CUSTARD-TOPPED CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk sugar, flour, cornmeal, baking powder, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Add coconut milk and evaporated milk; fill empty cans with water (totaling 26 fluid ounces) and add to mixture. Mix butter, egg, and vanilla extract into mixture and beat with an electric mixer until well mixed; pour into the prepared dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cornbread is cooked through and set, 1 hour 30 minutes.