Snacks & baking
Rōpi'a (taro coconut milk cake)
A dense, sweet cake made from grated taro, slowly baked with coconut milk in a mould or clay oven. Its texture is soft and slightly sticky, and it is eaten as a dessert or a snack.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Optional extras
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- Peel the taro, rinse it and grate it finely by hand or in a food processor.
- In a bowl, mix the grated taro with the sugar and a pinch of salt.
- Add the coconut milk, beaten eggs and vanilla, then mix until you have a smooth batter.
- Pour the mixture into a buttered loaf tin or ovenproof dish.
- Bake for about 60 minutes, until the top is golden and a skewer comes out dry.
- Let it cool slightly before turning out and slicing.
Variations and tips
Coconut version. Sprinkle desiccated coconut over the top before baking.
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Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Original Ecomely recipe.