SWEET CORN CAKE WITH GUAVA PASTE

Some days ago I found a post in Facebook about a Corn Cake with guava paste recipe. It called my attention and immediately I started to prepared it.

 

The recipe is from a website called: "Cocina Costarricense" (Costa Rican Cuisine). This website has a lot of recipes from Costa Rica, that are so delicious, easy to make and show the way we cook in this little country of Centro America, Costa Rica.

 

This cake is so easy to make, that you don't need a measure cups, you only need a can of sweet corn and use the same can to measure the rest of ingredients, fools proof.  It doesn't matter the size of the can you cake will be perfect. You decide how big or small cake you want.

 

Now, here is the recipe

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

1 can of sweet corn drained

1 can of sugar*

1 can of milk*

1 can of all purpose flour*

1/2 can of vegetable oil

3 eggs

1 tablespoon of baking powder

Little pieces of guava paste

1 tablespoon of all purpose flour

 

*use the same can of the corn

 

Directions

 

Preheat the oven 350 and grease a pan.

 

Put all the ingredients in the blender, except the baking powder, until have a smooth batter. Add the baking powder and just blend until is incorporated, not over mix.

 

In a small container, put the guava paste, cut in small pieces, and add  the flour to cover very well the guava paste.

 

Pour the batter into a prepared pan and put softly the guava pieces over the batter.

 

Bake for 45 minutes until the toothpick comes clean and the cake is golden brown.

 

The texture of the cake is very similar to a cheesecake but firmer.