MAGNOLIA TEA CAKES

One of my friends told me that magnolia flowers are edible so I HAD to figure out what to make with them. I made some magnolia sugar and this is how I decided to use it. This Magnolia Tea Cake is my floral twist on the classic Black American tea cake. Instead of rolled out tea cakes, this is a drop tea cake recipe.

PAN DE BONIATO

I was first introduced to this bread at Ms. Omayra’s farm in Soroa, Cuba. It was soooo delicious and she made it without any electricity so I tried to replicate it as best I could. This is my first attempt at figuring out the recipe and I did end up using some electricity. It’s a fire-roasted boniato bread wrapped in banana leaves with coconut, warm spices, and rum. Dense, moist, rich, and somewhere between banana bread and bread pudding if they had a baby…

AKARA WAFFLES

Everybody loves akara for breakfast!! Let’s make akara into waffles for a high fiber, high protein start to the day!

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM CRUNCH WAFFLES

I ordered something like this on a food delivery app once and liked it so much. When I went to order it again, the waffles was gone! So here is me trying to recreate the recipe.