“soul food”
October 28, 2009 – 9:28 pmI’ve been having “pangs” for “soul food” 
and I’m not talking the southern stuff but the stuff that I grew up on, like Mama’s cooking. I had a small filling of it on Sunday at a party. And then I’ve been wanting some of my mom’s “cancanen” but I don’t really care for the coconut aspect of it, so I looked through some of my various cookbooks that I have lying around the house.
I used a recipe from the cookbook on the right left, which coincidentally is the same that I found here. Easy peasy… so easy that I even found a video made by people from none other than, Hawai’i 
! Cool ‘eh?!
The recipe is really watery/ liquidy which I’m not used to when baking things. But I hoped for the best… and then even questioned the bake time of 1 hour and 20 minutes 
Here it is with 27 minutes still to go.
And now here it is after the allotted 1 hour and 20 minutes…
The house smells absolutely divine! Buttery, sugary goodness. YES! I can’t wait to cut into it, unfortunately I need to let it cool down before I cut it, otherwise it will be a puddle of a mess.
5 Responses to “"soul food"”
That looks SO good! Let us know how it tastes.
Thanks for reminding me that I have the same exact 50th Anniversary cookbook! I should look through it for more ideas.
By michelle on Oct 29, 2009
michelle: it tastes just as yummy as it looks. I will definitely be making this again! The kids are all over it!!! Definitely what I was hoping to achieve. It’s similar yet different from my mom’s mochi recipe that she always makes. Not as coconutty and not as dense… which I like. And mmm mmm custard, you can definitely taste the custard.
By s0niele on Oct 29, 2009
Sounds yummy!
By Mish on Oct 29, 2009
Is this bibingka? Kinda looks like cassava cake a little bit.
By Lissa on Oct 30, 2009
Just getting caught up on your blog and wow have you returned to posting! Loved the entries from hawaii!
By marybeth on Nov 1, 2009