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Vincentian Coconut Bread

Name: Vincentian Coconut Bread
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ingredients: 250g All-purpose flour; 100g Shredded Coconut; 100g Sugar; 60g Butter; 1 Egg; 150ml Milk; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1/4 tsp Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; 40g Raisins

Dessert

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Sweet bread baked with grated coconut and spices — from Saint Vincent.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Coconut bread is a sweet bread baked across the Caribbean islands; in Saint Vincent, coconut is combined with nutmeg, cinnamon, and raisins and baked like a pound cake. Made at bakeries and at home, it's eaten at tea time or breakfast.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a small bakery on Saint Vincent, a fresh brown loaf is cut into thick slices as the scent of coconut drifts by.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 250g
Shredded Coconut 100g
Sugar 100g
Butter 60g
Egg 1
Milk 150ml
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Nutmeg 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Raisins 40g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, spices, coconut, and raisins in a bowl.
Add the melted butter, egg, and milk and fold lightly.
Pour into a loaf pan.
Bake at 180°C for 50 minutes, cool, and slice.

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