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Pan de Elote - Corn Bread

August 19, 2012 by Monica in Baking, Bread, Cake, Family Cookbook

And my corn craving continues. 

This time I reached out to a friend of mine from Mexico, because I remember this great corn bread I had when I use to visit there for work.  I remember buying them from the street vendors. Pile high with a handmade sign on top announcing it “hecho en casa” (homemade) After describing to her that wonderful sweet morsel I had, she told me simply, “mija, esta hablando de un simple pan de elote” (girl, you are talking about a simple corn bread).  The she sent me the recipe and told me to enjoy it.

Pan de elote literally means “corn bread,” and it’s one of those iconic Mexican desserts I can’t get enough of.

This is not like American cornbread at all. When it’s done right, it’s like the freshest homemade creamed corn crossed with a flan or bread pudding. It’s not so much a bread as a dense, buttery cake-pudding – delish!

I easy to make, since everything pretty much can go into a blender or food processor – add, mix and pour over a prepare cake pan and in less than 1 hour you got this warm sweet treat, that you just want to bury your face in.

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August 19, 2012 /Monica
Baking, Bread, Condensed Sweeten Milk, Corn, Elote, Pudding, international
Baking, Bread, Cake, Family Cookbook
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Sweet Corn Cake

August 11, 2012 by Monica in Baking, Bread, Cake

Today I woke up with a craving for cornbread. 

But I wanted it to be sweet, soft, and made with cream of corn.  Have I ever mentioned how much I like cream of corn?  No? Well then, there you have it, its right up there as one of my all time favorite things to make things with.

I have a great cream corn soufflĂ© casserole recipe that I love (so does my family).  The thing is that it takes a lot of steps to make it, plus is baked in a water bath, which gives you a whole other set of issues to deal with.

I was not in the mood to deal.

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August 11, 2012 /Monica
Baking, Cake, Corn, Corn Cake
Baking, Bread, Cake
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Mini Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream

July 22, 2012 by Monica in Baking, Cake, Cookbooks, Desserts, Sweets

This week I felt like eating chocolate.

Particularly, chocolate cake.

I also was craving coffee.

Coffee plus chocolate makes one killer cake.

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July 22, 2012 /Monica
Baking, Cake, Cookbooks, Desserts, Sweets
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