Maja Blanca

Maja Blanca is a Filipino dessert made primarily from coconut milk. It is also known as coconut pudding or coconut cake. It has a consistency of thick gelatine and a delicate flavor. As the name suggests, the dish is creamy white in color. It is an all-time favorite dessert during family gatherings and special occasions and it's very easy to make it.

This is my mom's Maja Blanca! :)

2/3 cup cornstarch
2/3 cup sugar
1 can cream-style corn
2 cups coconut milk
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
latik (browned coconut cream curds)

Combine all the ingredients in a shallow pan. Cook with constant stirring until thick. Transfer to a molder. Chill until set.

To prepare latik, extract kakang gata from one big coconut. Transfer gata to a karajay or pan. Cook over high fire until it begins to elude oil. Lower heat and continue cooking until the curd separates from the oil. Keep the oil for other uses and use the latik to top maja blanca, sapin sapin or suman.

* Kakang gata - is the first pressing of the coconut milk.

* You can use toasted coconut grated coconut instead of latik


Courtesy of The Maya Kitchen