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Baked Pears with Vanilla Cream and Rum
Fresh pears baked with butter and brown sugar, served over a smooth vanilla cream with an optional touch of rum. Dessert for 4.

Peanut Upside-Down Cake with Caramelized Topping
Upside-down cake with peanut butter in the batter and a layer of caramelized peanuts that ends up on top when unmolded.

Lemonade with spearmint and brown sugar
Fresh lemonade with a subtle hint of spearmint and the caramelized sweetness of brown sugar, with panela or papelón as an alternative. For 4 glasses.

Coffee cake
Fluffy cinnamon rolls with brown sugar and cream cheese frosting: the coffee cake that was so popular in Cuba. Ideal with a cup of coffee.

Cuban Queques
Homemade Cuban queques: cinnamon and anise cookies with brown sugar, perfect for dipping in coffee with milk. Simple oven recipe.

Coconut Panetela
Fluffy panetela made with cake mix, filled and covered with coconut sweet and brown sugar. An easy dessert to share with family.

Traditional-style Curdled Milk Dulce de Leche
Homemade curdled milk dulce de leche with brown sugar, cinnamon and lemon: a simple, economical Cuban dessert full of home flavor.

Sweet and Sour Beets
Beet cubes cooked in a pressure cooker with vinegar, brown sugar, and garlic until they are in a light syrup. An easy and eye-catching Cuban side dish.

Plátano en tentación
Ripe plantains slow-cooked with sugar, cinnamon, dry wine and butter until they are in a thickened syrup. A Cuban classic.

Pork Ribs in Sweet and Sour Sauce
Pork ribs marinated with brown sugar and citrus, soaked in soy sauce, ketchup, rum, and ginger, then baked until golden.