Guava panetelas or “panetelas de guayaba” are cake bars made with a very dense cake batter that is filled in the middle with guava paste. They are very traditional here in Puerto Rico, everyone loves them! You only need 10 ingredients and that’s including the salt, and probably less than 40 minutes to have them in your mouth. Even if this is a dense cake batter, the crumb is soft and buttery and you won’t be able to eat just one!
Read MoreThis ricotta cake is super soft, fluffy and moist, yet crumby enough to be a perfect snack or breakfast cake. The acidity of ricotta cheese in cake batters helps in creating a very tender and moist crumb. That’s why I love to add ricotta to most of my cakes! I topped this one with juicy mangoes for a sweet and sour kick!
Read MoreThis simple guava and cream cheese cake is a trip to the Caribbean in each bite. Guava and cream cheese is a classic sweet combination from Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. I put them together in this simple vanilla loaf cake that has a soft and tender crumb. Leave the crusty sweet top naked or drizzle a simple vanilla glaze for an extra sweet touch.
Read MoreIf there’s a recipe I keep coming back to is this mango crostata with a thick spread of sweetened cream cheese on the bottom. It has the most buttery and flaky crust! I made my pie crust recipe from scratch to make this crostata, which is just a mango free-form pie. The mornings are brighter and happier when we start with a sweet bite of this treat. I’m sure yours will be brighter as well.
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