Medium
Comorian
Mkate wa Vanille
Vanilla spiced rice cake
130
Total Minutes
8
Servings
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
30 min
Prep Time
100 min
Cook Time
130 min
Total Time
Ingredients (10 items)
2.00 cups
Rice flour
2.00 cups
Coconut milk
full fat
1.00 cup
Sugar
3.00 large
Eggs
2.00 pods
Vanilla bean
Comorian vanilla, split and scraped
0.50 cup
Butter
melted and cooled
2.00 tsp
Baking powder
0.25 tsp
Salt
0.50 tsp
Cardamom powder
0.50 cup
Fresh coconut
grated, for topping
Instructions (14 steps)
1
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
2
Grease and line a 20cm (8-inch) cake pan.
3
Heat coconut milk until warm.
2 minutes
4
Add vanilla beans and steep.
15 minutes
5
Beat eggs and sugar until pale.
5 minutes
6
Remove vanilla pods from milk.
7
Mix rice flour, baking powder, salt, and cardamom.
8
Add melted butter to egg mixture.
9
Alternately fold in flour mix and coconut milk.
10
Pour batter into prepared pan.
11
Sprinkle with grated coconut if using.
12
Bake until golden and set.
40 minutes
13
Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
10 minutes
14
Turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
30 minutes