Description
A delicious and moist Mexican cake made with fresh sweet corn kernels and sweetened with condensed milk. A traditional recipe from the state of Jalisco.
Ingredients
- 8 ears sweet white corn, husked
- 1 ¾ cups softened butter, plus more for baking dish
- 5 eggs
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan. Chill in freezer.
- Cut kernels from ears of corn with a sharp knife. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
- Combine eggs
- condensed milk
- whole milk
- and corn kernels in a blender; blend until smooth. Transfer egg mixture to a bowl with butter and mix well.
- Sift flour
- baking powder
- cinnamon
- and salt into a large bowl. Add egg mixture and mix well to combine.
- Remove cake pan from freezer. Grease and flour again. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes
- then remove from tin and cool on a wire rack.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 16