Mexican Sweet Corn Cake

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Mexican Sweet Corn Cake is moist, sweet corn cake perfect as a side dish for whatever Mexican meal you’re serving!

When I was in my twenties, I often frequented Chevy’s or El Torito’s restaurants.  Besides a margarita, there was always one thing I had to have — a double order of the sweet corn cake on the side.

I know, right?  I still have an enormous weakness for the stuff, but I show a little more restraint this days.

This Mexican Sweet Corn Cake is sweet, moist, and loaded with corn flavor.  It’s the perfect match for whatever you’re serving for Cinco de Mayo, or any other time you’ve got a wicked corn cake craving.   🙂

Mexican Sweet Corn Cake

A few years ago I decided to make homemade Mexican Sweet Corn Cake and was so glad that I did.  It tastes exactly as I remember — soft, and moist with kernels of corn throughout.

These corn cakes utilize corn in 3 ways:  masa harina, or corn flour, regular corn meal and whole corn kernels.  That’s 3 times the corn flavor!

If you’re not familiar with masa harina, it’s a fine corn flour used to make corn tortillas.  I need to put that masa to use, so I think I’ll try making my own tortillas soon.

I need to do something else with it because I can’t make this Mexican Sweet Corn Cake all the time.  It’s much too tempting for me to have it around often!

You can use cooked, fresh or frozen, thawed corn.  I opted to use frozen roasted corn this time around to save time.  The corn kernels need to be pulsed in a food processor for just a bit.  Leave them chunky — we don’t want mush.

I love the nice, rustic look of the corn chunks, too.

This Mexican Sweet Corn Cake would be the perfect addition for your Cinco de Mayo feast or any time you’re serving Mexican dishes.   🙂

Here are some of my other dishes that would be wonderful for Cinco de Mayo as well:

• • Chicken Tortilla Soup
  • 5-Minute Homemade Guacamole
  • Homemade Chicken Enchiladas
  • Mango Salsa
  • Santa Fe Chicken Salad
  • Mexican Tortilla Casserole
  • Mexican Caesar Salad

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Mexican Sweet Corn Cake

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Mexican Sweet Corn Cake is moist, sweet corn cake perfect as a side dish for whatever Mexican meal you're serving!

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/3 cup masa (corn flour)
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen corn (thawed, if frozen)
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add the masa and water, and beat until incorporated. Set aside.
3. Pulse the corn in the food processor. Leave the corn chunky! Stir the corn into the butter mixture.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the milk, and stir to combine.
5. Stir the corn meal mixture into the butter-corn mixture just until incorporated. Pour into an ungreased 8x8" baking pan.
6. Place the baking pan into a 13x9" baking dish with water filled up 1/3 of the way full. Cover the corn cake with foil.
7. Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, then use an ice cream or cookie scoop for serving.

Notes

• Use roasted corn for extra flavor and flair!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 197Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 104mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 2g

Nutrition information is mean to be an estimate only. The numbers will vary based on the quantity consumed, brands used and substitutions that are made.

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