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Arepa Dominicana
Dense Dominican cornmeal cake with coconut milk, raisins and cinnamon.
About Arepa Dominicana
Clara Gonzalez’s Dominican arepa is a dense cornmeal-and-coconut cake, also called torta in the Cibao and northwestern regions. This sweet version combines milk, coconut milk, raisins and cinnamon in the traditional cake preparation.
Brown sugar supplies sweetness beside the coconut and warm cinnamon flavour. Salted butter enriches the cornmeal mixture, with dark raisins and sultanas adding fruit throughout.
The cake has a substantial, dense body and a golden-brown top. It is served at room temperature, with Dominican coffee as the selected named drink accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Arepa Dominicana
Clara Gonzalez’s Dominican sweet cornmeal-and-coconut arepa.
- Salted butterCooking medium
- CornmealBase
- Whole milkLiquid
- Coconut milkLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Dark raisins and sultanasSweetener
- Cinnamon sticksSeasoning
- Brown sugarSweetener
- Dominican coffeeAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Salted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Broader butter candidate; same source butter divided between pan greasing93 and batter96.
- Cornmeal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source Dominican-style harina de maíz, not coarser polenta substitution.
- Whole milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Coconut product full formula unknown, no dairy inferred.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dark raisins and sultanas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader raisin candidate; actual author88 mixed dark/sultanas retained, no sulphites inferred.
- Cinnamon sticks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual sticks removed99 after flavouring.
- Brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dominican coffee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Author favourite hot-drink57 selected to accompany serving105; full coffee preparation unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Dominican Republic
- Dominican RepublicCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Dominican Cuisine
- Dominican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.