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Benny cake

A small, soft, lightly sweet cake, flavoured with or topped by red cherry syrup. It's a popular and inexpensive pastry in the Bahamas, often sold in neighbourhood bakeries.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Optional extras

Nutrition facts

354 kcal per serving

Protein
6.5 g
Carbohydrates
48.6 g
of which sugars
27.6 g
Fat
14.2 g
Fiber
1.1 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter a 20 cm square tin.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
  4. Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt, alternating with the milk.
  5. Spread half the batter in the tin, then drizzle over half the cherry syrup.
  6. Cover with the rest of the batter and smooth the top.
  7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  8. Let it cool slightly, drizzle with the remaining syrup and cut into squares.

Variations and tips

Icing. Mix 100 g of icing sugar with 1 tablespoon of cherry syrup to glaze the cake.

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