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Johnny Cake! These fluffy-fried, golden-sweet, semi-flattened spheres of pure goodness are THE staple snack food back home, found on every menu at every local restaurant worth anything everywhere across the island. Mix dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt – in a large mixing bowl using a large fork.
In fact, if you should ever come across a local restaurant in St. Croix that doesn’t serve Virgin Islands johnny cakes, you best make a bee-line for the door. Seriously, a Crucian eatery without Caribbean them is like a ballpark without hotdogs, a burger joint without fries, or a roti shop without doubles or this sweet stuff …
Try mixing in some cornmeal with the flour, as the Southerners do; or adding milk, buttermilk, or coconut milk instead of water; or baking instead of frying; you can even stuff them with meat, cheese, or fish. You’ll soon discover why these sweet treats are a staple all throughout the Caribbean.
Unlike Coconut Bread that can take an entire afternoon to make, Johnny Cakes are quick and easy. It’s because they use baking powder instead of yeast, so there is no time waiting for them to rise!
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