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Toto

Name: Toto
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 200g All-purpose flour; 100g Shredded Coconut; 100g Brown sugar; 60g Butter; 1 Egg; 150ml Coconut milk; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1/4 tsp Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Vanilla Extract

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

A rustic coconut and spice cake — a Jamaican home treat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Toto is an old-fashioned Jamaican coconut cake: grated coconut, dark sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla mixed into a flour batter and baked. Dense and homely, it's long been loved as an after-school or homemade treat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a country kitchen in Jamaica, a square cake is cut and handed to the children.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 200g
Shredded Coconut 100g
Brown sugar 100g
Butter 60g
Egg 1
Coconut milk 150ml
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Nutmeg 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Cream the softened butter and dark sugar, then add the egg, coconut milk, and vanilla.
Sift in the flour, baking powder, and spices, and mix in the coconut.
Pour into a pan.
Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes, cool, and cut into squares.

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