Fat Tap Guyanese Style 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇸🇽

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: bread flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a unique flavor and is dairy-free.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness with a distinct taste.

Grate dry coconut to make fresh homemade coconut milk.

In a bowl, combine 1 and 1/4 cups brown sugar and 1 and 1/2 cups fine grain cornmeal, mixing until well combined.

Add 1 and 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cardamom powder, and 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger to the mixture and mix well.

Stir in 4 tablespoons freshly grated coconut and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, mixing until everything is combined.

Prepare about 4 cups of rich and creamy coconut milk.

Add 2 cups of coconut milk to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.

Incorporate 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract into the mixture.

Grease a bowl with butter and pour the mixture into it.

Preheat the oven to 350°F and place another pan with water at the bottom.

Bake the mixture for 20 minutes or until it is almost firm.

For the top layer, whisk together 1 and 1/2 cups of coconut milk and 1/3 cup of brown sugar until the sugar is dissolved.

After 20 minutes, pour the top layer mixture over the baked base and continue to bake for another 20 to 25 minutes until the top is firm.

Check on the fat top every now and then during baking.

After a total of about 45 minutes, check if the fat top is firm on top and remove from the oven.

Let the fat top cool for about an hour before serving.

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