Jamaican Coconut Bread (Toto)

This deliciously moist and flavourful coconut bread will have you coming back for more.

1 cup grated coconut (if fresh coconut is unavailable use about 3/4 cup coconut flakes that is soaked in 1/2 cup coconut milk)

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut milk


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Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. 
2. Beat in the egg and vanilla. 
3. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with coconut milk. 
4. Fold in coconut. 
5. Pour into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pan. Sprinkle with sugar. 
6. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 
7. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. 

Serves 12


You can add 1/2 tsp cinnamon or 1/4 tsp nutmeg or both. 
Use almond extract instead of vanilla or just use 1/2 cup chopped almonds,raisins, maraschino cherries even some chocolate chips
I like mine just the way it is