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    Dulce de Coco Horneado o Cocadas (Flourless Coconut Cake)

    Dulce de Coco Horneado o Cocadas (Coconut Cake)

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    Fluffy, and delicious, dulce de coco horneado o cocadas (flourless coconut cakes) will melt in your mouth, the very essence of tropical indulgence. It is one of our favorite desserts (I love anything with coconut), it is very easy to make, and will always be welcome by your guests.

    Dulce de Coco Horneado o Cocadas (Coconut Cake)

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    1. Why we ❤️ it
    2. What's coco horneado?
    3. What is cocada?
    4. Serving
    5. Top tip
    6. About this recipe
    7. Recipe
    8. Culture

    Why we ❤️ it

    I think I can almost get away with "it has coconut" for why I love cocadas or coco horneado so much, but this lovely dessert is so easy to make, and so wonderful that I could be here all day singing its praises.

    This is Dominican cooking at its best.

    What's coco horneado?

    Coco horneado is a Dominican flourless coconut cake made with freshly grated coconut, milk, cinnamon, sugar, and eggs. Some people add more spices or flavorings.

    What is cocada?

    Cocadas are flourless coconut cupcakes made with freshly grated coconut, milk, cinnamon, sugar, and eggs.

    Serving

    This makes a great after-lunch dessert, but I also love it with Dominican coffee or a cup of Ginger tea.

    Dulce de Coco Horneado o Cocadas (Coconut Cake)
    Coco Horneado o Cocadas (Flourless Coconut Cake)

    Dulce de Coco Horneado or Cocadas

    Top tip

    If you cannot find coconuts to grate them at home, you can use store-bought dry coconut and add coconut milk to hydrate it per the instructions in the recipe. Fresh coconut is preferred, but I tested both, and both worked.

    You can substitute your preferred heat-safe sweetener for sugar in this dessert, it won't get the nice golden color, but it still works pretty well as a keto-friendly and gluten-free dessert.

    About this recipe

    The difference between dulce de coco horneado and these cocadas is simply the size of the pan they're baked in. It starts as a regular Dulce de coco, and then it's mixed with eggs and baked.

    Buen provecho!

    Tia Clara

    Recipe

    Coco Horneado o Cocadas (Flourless Coconut Cake)
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    [Recipe + Video] Dulce de Coco Horneado or Cocadas (Flourless Coconut Cake)

    By: Clara Gonzalez
    Learn how to make Dulce de coco horneado o Cocadas delicious pieces of yum, and a marvelous flourless coconut cake that tastes like tropical life.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Dominican
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories

    Ingredients

    • 1½ cup freshly grated coconut, [175 grams], or 1½ dry coconut plus ½ cup of coconut milk
    • 1¼ cup powdered white sugar, [140 grams]
    • 2 cups whole milk, [355 milliliters]
    • 2 cinnammon sticks
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • 2 egg (medium)

    Instructions
     

    • Ingredients ready
      If you are using dry coconut, mix with the coconut milk and let it rest for an hour.
      Pre-heat the oven to 350 °F [176 °C].
      If you make it into a cake-sized dulce de coco horneado, line a 6-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
    • Making dulce de coco
      Combine coconut, sugar, milk, cinnamon, and salt in a small saucepan. Stir to combine.
      Heat over low heat until, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has reduced, and you are left with a paste-like fudge. Remove from the heat, and cool to room temperature.
    • Pouring batter into cupcake molds
      Once the fudge has cooled, add the vanilla extract and eggs, and fold with a spatula to mix well.
      Add equal amounts of the batter into 8 silicone baking molds, or the lined pan.
    • Baked cocadas
      Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven or until it has a golden color.
      Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature before removing from the molds.

    Nutritional information is calculated automatically based on ingredients listed. Please consult your doctor if you need precise nutritional information.

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    Culture

    Some people call a simple coconut dessert cocada too, which was news to me, and I assume there may be a bit of a regional disagreement about it.

    Amanda Ornes de Perelló, the author of the first Dominican cookbook, calls this dessert Cocada "pipina". A quick search led me to find out that Pipina is a Jewish name for girls. I don't know why it's called that.

    Published Dec 30, 2008, and last revised May 24, 2022

    Edited: May 24, 2022 | Publish: May 9, 2022

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    Lisa
    October 31, 2017 12:01 PM

    The recipe looks amazing. I think I'm just too impatient to grate fresh coconut.

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    ellA
    January 29, 2020 4:32 PM

    how many minutes would you recommend baking these for??

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    Tree
    April 7, 2014 9:16 AM

    Is there an ingredient that I could sub the powdered sugar for? Stevia, etc?

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