Cassava Pone

Name: Cassava Pone
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 900 g Cassava Root (peeled and finely grated, sweet variety); 150 g Coconut Meat (grated); 220 g Brown Sugar; 80 g Unsalted Butter (melted); 2 pcs Egg; 80 g Raisin; 2 g Cinnamon Powder; 2 g Nutmeg Powder; 5 ml Vanilla Extract; 3 g Salt

Cassava pone is a dense, moist baked dessert made with grated cassava, coconut, sugar, and warm spices. Use peeled sweet cassava, squeeze out the liquid, and bake the mixture thoroughly before cooling and slicing.

Prep

25m

Cook

1h 15m

Serves

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Estimated

Nutrition

Per serving

380kcal

Calories

Protein

13g

Fat

65g

Carbs

Estimated per serving from the base recipe. Actual nutrition may vary.

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Ingredients

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0.9kg
Cassava Root (peeled and finely grated, sweet variety)
150g
Coconut Meat (grated)
220g
Brown Sugar
80g
Unsalted Butter (melted)
2pcs
Egg
80g
Raisin
2g
Cinnamon Powder
2g
Nutmeg Powder
5ml
Vanilla Extract
3g
Salt

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Method

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7 steps

01
Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease a baking dish.
02
Place the peeled, finely grated cassava root in a clean cloth and squeeze out the liquid; discard the liquid.
03
Add the coconut meat, brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, vanilla extract, and salt.
04
Stir in the unsalted butter and eggs until evenly combined.
05
Spread the mixture into the prepared dish and level the top.
06
Bake until the pone is deeply golden, set in the center, and thoroughly cooked through.
07
Cool completely before cutting so the texture firms up.

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