Coconut Pineapple Carrot Cake Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup coconut milk
• 3 medium carrots (grated)
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 ½ tsps cinnamon
• 1 cup crushed pineapple

Frosting:

• 1 pkt (8oz) cream cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 tbsps carnation evaporated milk
• ½ cup butter
• 3 cups icing sugar

How to Make a Coconut Pineapple Carrot Cake:

1. Beat sugar, oil and eggs to thoroughly combine in a bowl, mix flour, coconut milk, baking powder, salt and cinnamon slowly, add flour mixture to sugar mixture, stir in carrot, pineapple and walnut.
2. Pour batter into 2 greased 8” layer cake pans and bake in a preheated oven at 350? F for 1 hour or until done. Cool cakes completely.

Frosting:

1. Beat cream cheese, butter & vanilla until smooth and fluffy.
2. Add icing sugar and milk gradually, beat until well combined, spread frosting between and on cakes and decorate as desired.

Spanish Pie Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 9″ pie crust (baked)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 lb fresh spinach
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 6 mushrooms
• 1 oz. Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 cup cottage cheese
• 2 eggs
• 4oz. cheddar cheese

How to Make a Spanish Pie:

1. cook spinach until wilted. Rinse under running cold water, then cool and squeeze dry. Chop Parmesan cheese in medium size bits and set aside. Melt butter in skillet over heat and add onion, saute for about five minutes. Set aside.
2. Chop mushrooms in slices and add to onion. Then chop spinach and add to onion. Add seasonings and place over heat, mixing well. Line pie crust with cottage cheese (half) and then mix other half with onion mixture. Add milk and top cottage cheese with onion mixture in pie crust.
3. Grate cheddar cheese in bowl. Then add eggs and whipping cream and mix for one minute. Spoon over onion mixture on crust. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake at 400F for about 20 minutes. Allow to stand for 15 minutes before serving.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue author of The Art of Caribbean Cooking.

Liver with Brandy Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lbs. calf liver
• 8 ozs. mushrooms
• 2 ozs. butter
• 8 ozs. rice
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tbsp brandy
• 1 clove garlic
• salt & pepper

How to Make Liver with Brandy:

1. Cook the rice and keep warm. Melt 1/2 oz. butter and saute quartered tomatoes gently. Add sliced mushrooms. Set aside.
2. Using the rest of butter, fry thin liver slices after sprinkling with salt, pepper, and garlic.
3. Place liver on top of rice, pour warmed brandy over liver and serve immediately. Garnish with tomates and mushrooms.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue author of The Art of Caribbean Cooking.