DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Garifuna Johnny Cake
Also known as: Johnny cake garífuna
Garifuna coconut-milk crackers with light brown sugar, corn oil and a patterned surface.
About Garifuna Johnny Cake
Kéké are thick Garifuna crackers also known as Johnny Cakes in Belize. Isha Gutierrez-Sumner’s rendition, shared through NYU’s Latinx Project, features coconut milk, light brown sugar, corn oil and baking powder.
The coconut milk gives the bread its rich aroma, with a little sweetness balanced by sea salt. A firm, kneaded dough gives the small breads their substantial texture.
The round cakes have lightly browned surfaces and a distinctive fork-pressed pattern. They are associated with evening baking and food carried on fishing trips and other long journeys.
Allergens in this recipe
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Garifuna Johnny Cake
Isha Gutierrez-Sumner’s Garifuna Kéké (Johnny Cakes).
- Flour, cereal unspecifiedBaseIngredient page not linked
- Sea saltSeasoning
- Coconut milk, La Fe namedLiquid
- Light brown sugarSweetener
- Baking powder, Argo namedSeasoning
- Corn oil, Mazola namedCooking medium
- Unsalted butter named Country Crock, exact product unresolvedCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Flour, cereal unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual124 generic flour, cereal not literal; protected Wheat expectation unresolved, no absence assurance.
- Sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coconut milk, La Fe named: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual126 canned LaFe, full historical product formula unprovided, no milk extraction link.
- Light brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Baking powder, Argo named: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual128 named baking powder, full exact product label unprovided.
- Corn oil, Mazola named: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual129 explicitly corn oil.
- Unsalted butter named Country Crock, exact product unresolved: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk unconfirmed. Actual130/133 calls it unsalted butter and names CountryCrock. Current manufacturer Homestyle unsalted product is explicitly plant-oil-based49/73; this concrete named-product conflict leaves intended2020 dairy/product composition unresolved. No manufacturer batch equivalence or Milk absence.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Honduras
- HondurasCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Garifuna Cuisine
- Garifuna Cuisine of HondurasCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.