Best 9 Puerto Rican Coconut Cake Recipes

BESITOS DE COCO / COCONUT MACAROONS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325° F
• Line baking sheets with parchment paper
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl and blend well
• Drop by teaspoonfuls to the baking sheets
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges
• Remove to a cooling rack to cool
• Enjoy!

TEMBLEQUE (PUERTO RICAN COCONUT PUDDING)

Steps:

• Whisk together dry ingredients: In a large, heavy-bottom pot (preferably one with sloping sides) whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, ground cinnamon, and salt. You are doing this in a cold pot off heat.
• Add the lime and cinnamon stick: Add the lime peel and cinnamon stick.
• Release the air bubbles: Gently tap the bottom of the mold against the countertop to release any bubbles trapped in the custard.
• Garnish and serve: Sprinkle the tembleque with toasted coconut flakes and ground cinnamon. Store the unmolded tembleque in an air-tight container or covered in plastic wrap (touching the custard) in the fridge.

COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray.
• Stir pecans and coconut together. Spread evenly in the prepared Bundt® pan.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, rum, coconut milk, coconut oil, and coconut extract in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes, or until well incorporated, about 3 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Set on a wire rack until completely cooled, about 30 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges of pan to loosen cake. Invert carefully onto a serving plate.
• While cake is cooling make glaze. Combine butter, rum, sugar, brown sugar and water in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Using a skewer, poke holes throughout cake. Carefully spoon glaze over cake.

PUERTO RICAN COCONUT PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add milk; stir until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer or until thickened., Remove from the heat; pour into dessert dishes. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Just before serving, sprinkle with cinnamon.

TEMBLEQUE PUERTO RICAN COCONUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Stir coconut milk, sugar, and salt together in a saucepan. Spoon a few tablespoons of the coconut milk mixture into a small bowl and stir cornstarch into the mixture to dissolve; pour into the mixture in the saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring constantly; cook until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the coconut milk mixture into molds, cover each with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cold and firm, 3 hours to 2 days.
• Run a thin knife around the edges of the mold and invert onto a plate to remove putting. Garnish tops with cinnamon.

PUERTO RICAN COQUITO

Steps:

• Pour the water, milk, rum, and coconut milk into a blender. Add the cinnamon and salt. Blend until well combined, then refrigerate for at least one hour, or until ready to serve.

PUERTO RICAN COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Cream butter.
• Add 1 cup of the sugar and cream well. Combine coconut milk or sweet milk and vanilla extract.
• Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• In a small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy.
• Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat until stiff and glossy.
• Fold beaten whites into the batter carefully.
• Bake in 2 (9-inch) layer pans at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Frost with favorite seven-minute frosting and sprinkle with coconut.

PUERTO RICAN PINEAPPLE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350°F.
• Make the glaze and pineapples:.
• In a small saucepan over moderate heat, combine the brown sugar and 1 cup rum, and bring to a simmer. Continue simmering, stirring occasionally, until reduced by about 1/3. Whisk in the butter. Add the pineapple slices, gently stirring to coat them in the glaze, then let them sit for about 3 minutes. Transfer the pineapple slices to the bottom of a 9-inch square cake pan, arranging them to cover the bottom. Save the rum glaze for serving.
• Make the cake:.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter and sugar and beat on high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat on medium until fully incorporated. Add the vanilla and rum, and beat for 30 seconds. Fold in the flour and salt. Scrape the batter (it will be thick) over the pineapples in the pan. Sprinkle the pecans over the batter and bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let the cake cool on a rack for 15 minutes then flip it onto a serving plate so that the pineapples are on top.
• Note, this cake can be baked in advance, covered, and kept at room temperature up to 10 hours.
• To serve:.
• In a small saucepan over moderate heat, combine the rum glaze and the remaining 1/2 cup rum and warm until heated through. Cut the cake into squares and serve with vanilla ice cream and warm rum glaze.

BIZCOCHO MOJADITO CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Using mixer on med-high to high speed cream together the butter and sugar, until pale cream in color.
• Add egg yolks, incorporate one at a time. Then add in flavoring extract.
• Lower mixer speed to low and alternately add milk and flour, ending with flour.
• Whisk egg whites to stiff peak consistency. Add to cake batter and fold in gently. Do not add all at once. Add egg whites into batter a small amount at a time.
• Pour into cake pans. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Soaking Syrup:.
• Bring water to boil then add sugar until it dissolves and becomes a syrup, Remove from heat until lukewarm. Then add liquor (if you wish) and almond extract.
• Almond Buttercream Frosting:.
• Sift powdered sugar 2 - 3 times. In a xtra large mixing bowl beat the shortening until creamy . Slowly add powdered sugar . Then add flavorings. Add water as needed to make a stiff spreadable consistency.