Jamaican Grater Cake

Name: Jamaican Grater Cake
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 3 cups freshly grated coconut; 2 cups white sugar; 1/2 cup water; 1 tsp grated fresh ginger; A few drops red food colouring

Grater Cake/GRAY-ter kayk/

Also known as: Coconut Grater Cake

About this dish

A chewy coconut candy of freshly grated coconut boiled with sugar, traditionally set in two layers with the top tinted pink.

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Ingredients

🥥3 cups freshly grated coconut

🍚2 cups white sugar

💧1/2 cup water

🫚1 tsp grated fresh ginger

🌸A few drops red food colouring

Method

Serves 4

Boil the sugar, water and ginger until the syrup reaches the soft-ball stage (about 115°C / 240°F).

Stir in the grated coconut and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick and pulls away from the pan.

Spread two thirds of the mixture into a greased tin and press it flat.

Quickly stir the food colouring into the remaining third and spread it over the top as a pink layer.

Leave to set, then cut into squares.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Grater cake is an old-time Jamaican sweet named for the hand-grated coconut it is made from, sold by vendors and made at home for children.

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