Treat Yourself: Our Top 4 Jamaican Coconut Desserts
Truth be told, you have Jamaica to thank for many of your beloved Caribbean recipes: Oxtail, Jerk Chicken, Escovitch Fish, and so many others. The island’s impact over the dessert industry is no different!
From sweet potato pudding to banana bread, Jamaican desserts incorporate flavour from all over. Especially with their more innovative fruit-based recipes! For example, using cocktails for Pina Colada Rum Cake or ‘spicy’ ginger in their native Bulla recipe.
Where fruits are considered, though, coconuts aren’t as highly regarded as they should be!
These large, hard-shelled nuts are a staple on this tropical island. Coconut milk flavors their rice and peas. Coconut water quenches their day-to-day thirst. Simply put, Jamaicans have a wide array of uses for coconut.
So, what sweets do Jamaicans make with coconut?
Our Top Recommended Jamaican Coconut Desserts
With Jamaican coconut treats, their reputations precede them!
Whether it’s using coconut milk or shredded coconut, these desserts feature coconut as their leading ingredient, making them incredibly sweet, nutty and oh so flavourful.
This list is not exhaustive—there are hundreds more coconut desserts—so feel free to widen your palate when you visit the island.
For now, though, here are some coconut-y crowd favorites in Jamaica!
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1. Gizzada
Jamaican Gizzada blends the best of both sweet and spicy.
Combining grated coconut, brown sugar and a handful of spices, this nutty filling is baked into a crisp outer shell, making every bite consistent with the last! Jamaican Coconut Gizzada is the perfect compact dessert, and that’s why we bake our own.
In search of Jamaican Gizzada for sale online? Aunt Agnes Cakes’ newly-launched Gizzada is exactly what your taste buds are craving. Snag your very own here!
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2. Coconut Drops
Coconut + Brown Sugar + Ginger = Your newest favorite Jamaican coconut treat!
Despite their odd, rough-looking appearance, coconut drops are a perfect blend of ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’ without the tastes colliding too much. Ginger complements the sugar, and vice versa, and the coconut brings that familiar nutty flavor!
Easily among the top 5 Jamaican desserts of all time, coconut drops are a local favorite! So much so, that you’re most likely to see them appear around independence time.
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3. Grater Cakes
Visually, this is one of the prettiest desserts on our list: You just can’t miss the pink and white of a Jamaican grater cake!
Grater cakes are made with a mix of ‘grated’ coconut and white sugar—plus a touch of red food coloring to give it that familiar pink look. They are stacked into little squares and left to harden—though the texture is soft and chewy with each bite.
Despite only requiring a few ingredients, grater cakes are also incredibly sweet!
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4. Coconut Rum Cake
No cake comes close to the complexities of a Jamaican rum cake, and for good reason!
Coconut Rum Cake is hands-down one of our favorites here at Aunt Agnes Cakes! Jamaican coconut rum cake ingredients are also incredibly easy to come by: Simply combine coconut milk and premium rum.
We can also safely say that Coconut Rum Cakes make the perfect dessert for a special occasion: Birthdays, weddings, baby showers, or even while celebrating Easter!
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Where to Find Jamaican Coconut Desserts in Florida
Believe it or not, it is possible to find tasty coconut treats in Florida—specifically, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
Here at Aunt Agnes Cakes, gizzadas and rum cakes are our favorites. So much so, we’re always waiting on the chance to bake them fresh!
Whether you enjoy bite-sized bundt cakes or regular-sized rum cakes, if you’re on the lookout for Jamaican rum cake for sale, look no further than right here. Order a tamper-proof, vacuum sealed Coconut Rum Cake directly from Aunt Agnes Cakes!
Same goes for ordering Jamaican coconut gizzadas!
Coconuts are a hit or miss for most, but not for you — Treat yourself!
