in Caribbean, Dessert Recipes

Johnny Cakes

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 2 cup(s) wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp margarine
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
  • Water

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Jamaican cakes

Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the margarine in small pieces and mix everything together. Mix with water to form a sticky dough. Knead the dough until smooth. Form the dough into balls about 5 cm in diameter. Fill a cast-iron skillet several centimeters deep with oil and heat to 195°C. Fry the balls until golden brown. Dry on paper towels.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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