Cocina Corner

This holiday season, you can better enjoy the familila, Maggie presents you fresh recipes for cakes. In addition to this bread pudding try the pina colada (look for the recipe) and a Pound Cake (look for the recipe) with secret ingredient.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 Tbsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups shredded coconut
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup Shedd's Spread Country Crock ® (spreadable cream) melted and cooled

Preparation

Preparation time:  15 min

Cooking time:  1 hr

Ready in:  1 hr 15 min

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
• Grease a loaf pan 9 x 5 inches. 
• Separately, combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Add a cup of sugar and coconut. In another bowl combine the egg, milk, spreadable cream and vanilla. Add this mixture to the flour and stir to combine well. Pour into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. If the cake starts to brown, cover with foil. Let cool for 15 minutes on wire rack; desmóldelo and let cool completely.

Maggie Jimenez Pound offers you this traditional cake but with a special ingredient. As part of your options for summer Maggie also teaches you to make a pina colada flan (look for the recipe) and a coconut island-style bread (look for the recipe).

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil spray
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, at room temperature
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1 Tbsp. yellow lemon rind, grated
• 1 Tbsp. green lemon peel, grated
• 3/4 cup 7-Up
• Cover (Glaze)
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp. yellow lemon rind, grated
• 1/2 tsp. green lemon peel, grated
• 2 tbsp. 7-UP

Preparation

Preparation time:  20 min
Cooking time:  1 hr 15 min
Ready in:  1 hr 35 min
Preheat oven to 325 ° F.

• Grease a Bundt type pan with vegetable oil spray. 
• Combine flour and salt in a bowl. 
• In an electric mixer, cremate the butter. 
• Gradually add the sugar. 
• Add eggs, one by one. 
• Add lemon peel. 
• Add flour in 4 stages, alternating with the 7-UP. Beginning with the flour. Transfer dough to the pan. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean when inserted. Let cool 5 minutes in the mold. Unmold onto a rack and let cool completely. For Cover: Combine icing sugar and lemon peel em a bowl. Pour 7-Up and stir. Drizzle over cooled cake.