Bajan Sweet Bread

Name: Bajan Sweet Bread
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 200g desiccated coconut; 115g melted butter; 500g plain flour; 1 tbsp vegetable shortening; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 170g sugar; 150g raisins; 1 medium egg, beaten; 300ml evaporated milk; 1 tsp almond extract

Dense, spiced Caribbean coconut loaf studded with sweet juicy raisins, perfect with hot tea.

80 min serves 8 Easy Watch

Ingredients

200g desiccated coconut200g

115g melted butter250g

500g plain flour1.5kg

1 tbsp vegetable shortening250g

1 tbsp baking powder100g

1 tsp salt750g

170g sugar1kg

150g raisins500g

1 medium egg, beaten6 pack

300ml evaporated milk410g

1 tsp almond extract38ml

Method

Add all the flour, baking powder, and salt to a large mixing bowl.
Melt the butter in a saucepan.
Mix the coconut and most of the sugar in another bowl – leave some back to cover the loaves later, raisins, egg, milk, almond essence, vanilla essence, and melted butter.
Mix well until you have a creamy paste.
Add this to the bowl with the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until you form a stiff dough.
Now divide the mixture between the baking tins.
Now boil the water.
Mix two tablespoons of sugar with some hot water and brush the top of each loaf.
Bake in the center of the oven for 1 hour.
Leave to cool in tins before serving; slice and serve with a fresh pot of tea.

Cost to cook

serves 8 · I have the cupboard staples

Live supermarket prices, as of 3 Oct. Full-pack shop cost · about £5.30 of it is what this recipe actually uses.

Find it in store

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Tesco Asda

£11.40 est. · serves 8

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