Cornbread, traditional Mexican cake dessert

The secret of this cornbread is to use fresh and raw corn kernels, which makes it a bread with a dense and moist crumb. Among the different recipes and versions that we can find of cornbread, there are those who add corn flour or wheat flour to get a fluffier and more airy crumb, although the traditional recipe does not include it. In this recipe, we tell you how to make a corn bread without flour of any kind, in a simple and traditional way, only with grains of corn.

recipe information

• • Preparation time: 10 minutes

• • cooking time: 45 minutes

• • total time: 55 minutes

• • rations:6

• • Category: dessert

• • type of cuisine: mexican

• • Calories per serving (kcal):429

Corn bread ingredients for 6 people

• • 100g butter

• • 250 g of raw fresh corn kernels

• • 3 eggs

• • 20 g powdered milk

• • 50g of sugar

• • 1 pinch of salt

• • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• • 1 teaspoon of baking powder (chemical yeast)

• • Icing sugar to decorate

How to make cornbread

We weigh the ingredients of the recipe and turn on the oven to 190 ºC so that it preheats while we prepare the cornbread dough. Separately, line a round mold 18 cm in diameter with baking paper and melt 100 g of butter.

We put 250 g of corn and 3 eggs in a processor or blender and blend them until we obtain a cream.

Next, we add 20 g of powdered milk and 50 g of sugar and grind the whole again.

Finally, add 1 pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and, finally, add the 100 g of melted butter, which will have cooled down a bit.

We beat everything together for a few seconds and pour the dough into the previously lined mold. Bake the corn bread for 45 minutes at 190 °C.

As the baking time can vary depending on each oven, to check that the bread is completely cooked, we prick it with a toothpick and, when it comes out dry, we remove the cake from the oven, remove it from the mold and let it cool on a wire rack.

Once cold, sprinkle the cornbread with icing sugar and cut it to serve in portions

Easy preparation summary

1. 1. We weigh the ingredients and turn on the oven at 190 °C. Melt the butter and line the mold

1. 1. We crush the fresh corn with the eggs

1. 1. Add the powdered milk, sugar and blend everything again

1. 1. Add the salt, cinnamon, baking powder and melted butter

1. 1. We beat the whole well, pour it into the mold and bake it for 45 minutes

1. 1. After this time, we check that it is cooked, remove it from the mold and let it cool on a wire rack.

1. 1. Sprinkle the corn bread with icing sugar and serve it