Coconut Cream and Pound Cake with Moscatel (Bienmesabe)
This is a popular and tasty dessert.
Yield
10
Ingredients
- 8 coconuts
- ½ cup (120 g) of white granulated sugar
- 9 egg yolks
- 3–4 pound cakes (biscochuelo) cut in ½-inch slices
- 1 bottle of moscatel wine
- Powdered cinnamon
- Yield:
- 10
Instructions
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1Grate the coconut meat. Separate the flesh from the milk of the coconut.
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2Combine the coconut flesh with the sugar, reserving the milk. Cook until a thick syrup is made. Remove from heat and to allow to rest.
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3Beat the yolks with a little bit of the coconut milk, then whisk this into the syrup. Mix well and return to the heat.
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4Stir constantly until it thickens. The idea is to obtain a rather thick coconut custard.
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5Remove custard from the heat and let cool.
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6Soak the cake pieces in wine.
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7In a glass dish, layer the coconut custard and the cake slices. Continue alternating biscochuelo layers with the coconut custard.
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8Sprinkle the top generously with cinnamon.
- Category
- Desserts
Recipe Attribution
Printed from recipe.exchange
https://recipe.exchange/recipes/wb-61441
Printed on October 28, 2026