DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Cassava Pone
Guyanese cassava-and-coconut pone with warm spices and dairy.
About Cassava Pone
Cassava pone is a Guyanese baked cassava treat. Alica’s version combines her mother’s and uncle’s recipes; this profile selects fresh grated cassava and coconut from her published ingredient options.
Brown sugar sweetens the cassava, with cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper providing warmth. Butter and evaporated milk enrich the mixture, while vanilla extract and the selected Caribbean mixed essence add aromatic flavour.
The baked pone has a dense, sticky centre and caramelized edges. Alica describes a gummy, slightly gelatinous texture and suggests small squares for gatherings, showing the contrast between the soft middle and chewier exterior.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cassava Pone
Alica’s Guyanese family cassava pone with fresh coconut.
- Fresh grated cassavaBase
- Fresh grated coconutBase
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning
- Freshly grated nutmegSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Vanilla extractAromatic
- Caribbean mixed essenceAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Brown sugarSweetener
- ButterCooking medium
- Evaporated milkLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh grated cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh traditional-grater option selected rather than frozen or sweetened flakes.
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Freshly grated nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Caribbean mixed essence: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit alternative selected instead of almond extract; exact blend unreported, no almond/nut identity assumed.
- Brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Butter: Milk. Dough and pan coating combined; non-dairy substitute excluded.
- Evaporated milk: Milk. Original dairy branch selected, not vegan coconut-milk substitute.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Guyana
- BarbadosCatalogue link pending review
- GuyanaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint LuciaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCatalogue link pending review
- DominicaCatalogue link pending review
- Trinidad and TobagoCatalogue link pending review
- GrenadaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Guyanese Cuisine
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Grenadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Dominica Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Vincentian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Lucian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Guyanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bajan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.