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Johnny Cakes

Antiguan johnny cakes are small fried breads with a golden crust and a tender centre.

About Johnny Cakes

Antiguan johnny cakes are small fried breads with a golden crust and a tender centre. This butter-enriched rendition is lightly sweet, with the familiar round shape of the island’s everyday bread snack.

A wheat-flour dough gives the cakes their substantial crumb. Butter adds richness, while a little sugar balances the salt and supports their gently sweet flavour.

The cakes are served hot, either on their own or alongside saltfish. Their crisp exterior and soft interior suit a savoury fish accompaniment, and the small rounds are easy to share at the table.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Wheat, Milk.

Optional additions: Fish.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Johnny Cakes

News Americas’ Antiguan fried johnny cakes.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • All-purpose wheat flour, including dusting: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual113 and extra flour123–124/127 explicitly refer to the same flour.
  • Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual114; full product formula unprovided.
  • Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual115.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual116.
  • Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual117, conventional dairy butter.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual118/122.
  • Vegetable oil for frying: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual119/126; plant and product unprovided.
  • Prepared saltfish (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. First offered service131; optional parent accompaniment. Fish species and full preparation unknown.

Origins & food traditions

Antigua and Barbuda association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.

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Sources & references
  1. Caribbean Recipes – Johnny Cakes — News Americas Now