Caribbean Coconut Cake | ‘Coconut Toto’

Name: Caribbean Coconut Cake | ‘Coconut Toto’
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Caribbean, Latin American, American
Ingredients: 150g unsalted butter; 100g caster sugar; 80g brown sugar; 150g eggs (about 3 eggs); 150g plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp ground allspice; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp ground ginger; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/4 tsp salt; 25ml spiced rum; 100ml coconut milk; 50g desiccated coconut; 80g unsalted butter softened; 160g icing sugar sifted; 1 tsp lemon zest; 2-3 tbsp coconut milk; 1/2c shredded dried coconut; Pinch of salt; 1 tsp caster sugar

17 steps

Prep:30minCook:40min

For this recipe I got inspired by ep 16 of Masterchef Australia 2022, when I had to cook with nutmeg and made a “Caribbean inspired plated dessert” (must watch ) Coconut toto is a much simpler version of the previous that celebrates the warm spices of the Caribbean, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and ginger combined to create a wonderful aromatic dessert. Coconut toto can be found in several countries in the Caribbean, there are different versions and names for it but is specially popular in Jamaica 🇯🇲 I’ve been making a variation of this recipe topped with dulce de leche instead of butter cream and having raving feedback, feel free to change it up as you please. This is my version of it! Enjoy

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:44:13 GMT