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Fried Bake
Also known as: Fried Bakes, Fry Bake
Puffed Guyanese fried breads made from lightly sweetened, butter-enriched wheat dough.
About Fried Bake
Fried Bake is a West Indian fried bread known in Guyana and across the Caribbean. This profile follows a Guyanese family version and excludes its explicitly non-traditional optional yeast.
The bread is mildly sweet and savoury, with butter enriching the simple wheat dough. Frying adds a toasted flavour and crisp surface while the centre stays neutral enough for many fillings.
Each bake is a broad, irregular golden disc that swells in the hot oil. Its outside is thin and lightly crisp, opening to a warm, pillowy interior with airy pockets.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Fried Bake
Guyanese-Style West Indian Fry Bake.
- Wheat flourSoft fried-bread structure
- White sugarLight sweetness
- Baking powderPuffing leavener
- SaltSeasoning
- Unsalted butterTender dough richness
- Warm waterDough hydration
- Vegetable oilFrying medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Wheat flour:
- White sugar:
- Baking powder: . Exact commercial baking-powder formula is not stated; confirm the product label
- Salt:
- Unsalted butter:
- Warm water:
- Vegetable oil: . The source does not identify the plant source of the frying oil; confirm the oil used
Origins & food traditions
Guyanese recipe author Alica identifies this fried bread as the bake of her Guyanese family and documents the complete flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, water and frying-oil formula. The fried-bake reference independently corroborates it as a flour-based Caribbean bread eaten in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and several other West Indian nations.
Countries
- Guyana
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCatalogue link pending review
- GrenadaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Guyanese Cuisine
- West Indian Cuisine
- Caribbean Cuisine
- Grenadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Vincentian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.