Posts in Dessert
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.

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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…

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AGBALUMO & CARDAMOM ROLLS with MIEL y MELAO MASCARPONE ICING

West African and Cuban ingredient fusion in a delectable dessert. I just wanted to use the goodies I ordered from Nigeria and brought back from my trip to Cuba all at once y’all!

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