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Chinese Black Bean Cakes are a sweet treat made from black beans and is an example of the Chinese influence on Guyana. Boil black-eye peas until soft and sift through and fine sieve. Strain through a muslin to get all the black-eye flour. Fry the black-eye flour in four tablespoons oil adding four tablespoons sugar.
GUYANESE BLACK CAKE. Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Grease and line two 9 inch baking pans with parchment paper; set aside. In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, mace and cloves; set aside. Place butter and sugar in a large bowl and mix until fluffy and light in color. Add eggs one at a time,…
Be it the ingredients or the decoration, there are never two same-tasting black cakes, and over here in Guyana, the black cake has been a Christmas tradition at our celebrations. It simply isn’t Christmas without a slice of perfectly moist black cake accompanied by a tall glass of perfectly chilled ginger beer.
My final step before baking the black cake is to wrap the baking pans with aluminum foil. Black cake bakes low and slow. I bake my black cake at 300°F for 75 to 90 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
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