This fiery, sweet, flavorful, rich, delicious, and highly addicting habanero honey sweet corn cake! Because it is not truly a cake but also not a pie, a pudding, or a custard, I ended up calling it a “cake” because it was inspired by delicious Mexican corn cake. Whatever you want to call it, it is amazing! Freshly grated lime zest and crème fraiche, sour cream, Mexican crema, or whipped cream should be added as garnish.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch corn cake |
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh corn kernels
- 1 habanero pepper, seeded and diced
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup water
- ⅓ cup honey
- ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ⅓ cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Gather ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously butter a 9-inch pie dish.
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- Combine fresh corn kernels, habanero pepper, eggs, water, and honey in a bowl. Puree with an immersion blender until almost smooth.
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- Add flour, melted butter, cornmeal, salt, and baking powder; whisk until combined.
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- Transfer mixture into the greased pie dish. Shake gently to settle mixture into the dish.
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- Bake in the center of the preheated oven until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes.
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- Let cool until warm or room temperature before garnishing and serving.
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- 3 ears of fresh corn will yield 2 rounded cups of corn kernels. You can use frozen corn for this, but I do prefer fresh.
- Warm honey in a microwave until pourable, if needed, prior to adding to the corn mixture.
Reviews
My wife and I love this! Perfect pairing with our burrito dinner! Just enough heat from the pepper! Another great recipe john!!
Oh my!! Made this this morning. I could eat the entire pan! Don’t be fooled by using one small habanero pepper. One gives it a wonderful warmth. The fresh corn adds a great texture.