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Recipes with cinnamon
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Creamy Yam and Coconut Dessert with Guava
Spoon dessert featuring white yam made into a cream with coconut milk, cinnamon, and vanilla, finished with a swirl of guava. Serves 6 small bowls.
Ginger and Sugarcane Molasses Cake with Orange
Dark, spiced sugarcane molasses cake with ginger and cinnamon, featuring orange zest, adapted from Cocina al minuto (1956). Tender and aromatic.
Ñame a lo trinitario with spearmint and cinnamon
Fried balls of mashed yam with lard, spearmint, egg, sugar, and cinnamon, adapted from a 19th-century Cuban cookbook.
Rice Pudding with Lotus Biscoff in Cups
Creamy rice pudding with integrated Lotus Biscoff cream, a thin layer in the center, and a crunchy cookie on top. Fusion dessert served in cups.
Spoonable Sweet from Ripe Papaya
Homemade sweet made with ripe papaya cooked over low heat until it becomes a thick compote. Perfect with white cheese or cream cheese.
Cuban Boniatillo with Milk: A Creamy Spoon Dessert
Creamy boniatillo with white sweet potato, evaporated milk, cinnamon and vanilla. A Cuban spoon dessert to serve cold or warm in bowls.
Cuban Capuchino Cake in Syrup
Yolk and cornstarch sponge baked in a 20 cm pan and soaked in lemon, cinnamon, and vanilla syrup. The Cuban capuchino in cake form.
Cinnamon Oranges with a Touch of Cuban Rum (Optional)
Peeled orange slices bathed in their own juice with sugar and cinnamon, served very cold. A no-bake Cuban dessert with optional aged rum.
Cinnamon and Guava Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze
Fluffy yeast dough rolls filled with cinnamon and guava paste, covered with a creamy cream cheese glaze.
Sweet Pumpkin Fritters
Sweet pumpkin fritters with cinnamon, golden on the outside and soft on the inside. Ideal for a snack or to accompany like fried plantains.
Baked Apples with Sugar, Cinnamon and Rum
Oven-baked apples stuffed with sugar, cinnamon and a splash of rum, served in their own syrup. A hot, easy dessert perfect with vanilla ice cream.
Oriental Prú
Homemade Oriental Prú: a fermented drink made from china root, ginger, ubí vine and cinnamon, typical of eastern Cuba. Served very cold.
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.
Fried Milk
Homemade dessert of Spanish origin: milk cream with lemon and cinnamon, set, coated, fried and dusted with sugar and cinnamon.
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.
Capuchinos
Cuban Capuchinos: baked cones of beaten egg yolks soaked in a syrup of cinnamon, lemon, and vanilla. An irresistible traditional sweet.
Oranges with Cinnamon
Orange slices bathed in their own juice with sugar and a touch of wine or liqueur, sprinkled with cinnamon. A fresh, light dessert without cooking.
Semi-Ripe Papaya in Syrup
Cuban semi-ripe papaya in syrup with cinnamon and lemon. Few ingredients, easy to make, and ideal for serving with white cheese.
Plátano en tentación
Ripe plantains slow-cooked with sugar, cinnamon, dry wine and butter until they are in a thickened syrup. A Cuban classic.
Boniatillo seco
Cuban sweet made with sweet potato and sugar, scented with cinnamon and lemon, served in dry portions: hard on the outside and soft on the inside.
Majarete
Traditional Cuban majarete: sweet corn cream cooked with milk, sugar and cinnamon until thick like a custard.
Grapefruit or sour orange peels in syrup
Grapefruit or sour orange peels cooked in syrup with cinnamon and vanilla. A classic Cuban dessert served cold with cheese.
Boniatillo
Homemade Cuban boniatillo: a thick, cinnamon-scented sweet potato puree. A traditional dessert, rich and very economical.