DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Coconut Bread
Also known as: Pan de coco
Kneaded coconut sweet bread with a coconut centre and sugar crust.
About Coconut Bread
Cynthia Nelson publishes her friend Pat’s old-fashioned coconut sweet bread, a kneaded loaf with sweetened coconut in the middle. This profile follows Pat’s original margarine, evaporated-milk and nutmeg version.
Fresh coconut and sugar flavour the loaf and its filling. Nutmeg supplies the original spice, with vanilla essence selected from the named essence choices; Nelson’s added cinnamon is kept outside this version.
The bread has a dense, tight crumb and a sugar crust. The coconut-filled centre contrasts with the firm loaf, which the recipe presents warm or at room temperature.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Coconut Bread
Pat’s old-fashioned Caribbean coconut-filled sweet bread.
- Fresh grated coconutBase
- SugarSweetener
- Vanilla essenceAromaticIngredient page not linked
- All-purpose flourBaseIngredient page not linked
- Baking powderBinder
- MargarineCooking medium
- Freshly grated nutmegSeasoning
- Whole eggBinder
- Evaporated milkLiquid
- Loaf-pan greaseCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling and loaf allocations consolidated.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling, loaf and sprinkled crust consolidated.
- Vanilla essence: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit vanilla branch selected in filling and loaf; exact essence formula unknown.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Original full kneading plus surface/dusting flour, not Nelson reduced-flour departure.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full supplier formula unknown.
- Margarine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pat original margarine branch; composition unknown, no dairy butter substitution inferred.
- Freshly grated nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Whole egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- Evaporated milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Pat original branch, not Nelson whole-milk substitution.
- Loaf-pan grease: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit greased pans; medium not identified.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- BahamasCatalogue link pending review
- BarbadosCatalogue link pending review
- Costa RicaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Caribbean Cuisine
- Limón Afro-Caribbean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bajan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bahamian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.