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Crème Caramel

I am thinking about Crème Caramel, even as the day seem long today with the sun beating down on tiny Trinidad and Tobago mercilessly.  However, I hear there's a chance we would have rain. That's great...

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Coconut Ice Block

Since my post about coconut ice cream some time I wanted to do coconut ice block like my mother used to make, and it is only now that I've been able to do it. I remember those days when we used to run...

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Mocha Cake

Mocha Cake could be that dessert recipe you are searching for to enjoy during your coffee hour. This is a cake that deserves to be served as a dessert for coffee lovers, or even as a snack. So in...

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Coffee Liqueur Ice Cream

Today, I have a delicious recipe for you, coffee Liqueur Ice Cream.   I know this recipe follows a period when I was absent form food world.  I am sorry for the very brief hiatus, but sometimes you...

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Paw Paw (Papaya) Ball

Growing up as a child I enjoyed a wide variety of sweet homemade desserts such as kurma, bene ball, jalebi, fudge, and toolum, and paw paw ball to name a few.   The list could go on, but one that...

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Sweet Rice

The first time I heard about sweet rice I really did not envision it to be what you see in the picture. In fact I had no notion of what sweet rice would even taste like. All I knew then was that...

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Coconut Turnover

Here is another dessert that is quite popular in Trinidad and Tobago, coconut turnover. Some people call it a tart and others a turnover. I have always wondered why some would call it a tart....

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Christmas Cake

There is always a Christmas cake on the table during the Christmas season, especially a fruit cake.  In Trinidad the traditional black cake is usually crumbly-moist or sticky-wet and black; its...

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Toolum

What can I say about toolum?  It's black, chewy,  sometimes sticky and molasses-y with a hint of orange peel and ginger.  All natural, no preservatives. When I think of toolum, it throws me back...

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Carrot Muffins with Raspberry Jam Filling

I love quick recipes like this tasty carrot muffins, which became even more extravagant.  Such recipes are perfect as a dessert or for serving in a dinner party.  However, they must look...

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Frozen Banana

Frozen banana? Who would have thought that frozen bananas would make such a natural dessert. It's as if Mother Nature was showing me that she could produce an all natural frozen treat without all the...

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Three-Grain Almond Bread

This three-grain almond bread, more a quick bread, reminds me of coconut sweet bread.  When I first got this recipe, I felt I had to try it, but I did not expect the delicious results I got.  The...

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News: The Ever Elusive Biscuit Cake

The September/October Compere Magazine issue is out and we have a recipe for you.  Biscuit cake is the exclusive recipe for the September-October issue of Compère Magazine. Like I said in the article...

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Sugarless Fruit Cake

I made a sugarless cake a few months which got rave reviews by my readers for its simplicity and speed. Some even experimented and converted the cake to a fruit cake/ black cake by adding soaked...

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Guava Cheesecake

I have been thinking  of making a guava cheesecake for some time now.  Guava is hard to find these days due to it being out of season, and when I saw a box of guava cheese, or guava paste as they call...

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Coconut Biscuit

I did not plan to bake a coconut biscuit recipe, but as I had a lot of coconut I felt that this was one to do.  Long story short, I am very pleased with these coconut biscuits.  They are a terrific...

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Biscuit Cake

Before I get into this Trini Biscuit Cake recipe I have to clear the air over the recipe as to my actions in the past. I am guilty as charged for holding back this recipe from you all. At one time I...

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Soursop Ice Block

When it is about 30° C outside, I can think of no better way to stay cool than by sucking on some tasty soursop ice block. Perfect to suck while I watch "3rd Rock from the Sun" on Netflix. It is really...

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Chocolate Cookies

Simply Trini Cooking Mmmm...The aroma of these chocolate cookies wafted from the kitchen and filled the entire dining room. To my surprise,  a few hours after, it still lingered all the way to the back...

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Frozen Banana

Simply Trini Cooking Frozen banana? Who would have thought that frozen bananas would make such a natural dessert. It's as if Mother Nature was showing me that she could produce an all natural frozen...

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