CiberCuba Cocina
Cuban cakes | Photo © CiberCuba Cocina

Cuban cakes

Kitchen, Desserts

Cooking, Desserts

Cinnamon
Preparation Time:
60
Note:
In many Latin American countries, the cake or torta made with flour, eggs, sugar, and milk is known as queques. However, for Cubans, queques are something else. They are a type of cookie flavored with cinnamon and anise that is usually eaten dipped in coffee with milk. Queques were very famous throughout Cuba. They are hardly seen today, although there are some food companies that produce and market them. The readers of Comida Cubana requested them, and here is our recipe.
Ingredients:
  • 380 grams of wheat flour
  • 250 grams of brown sugar
  • 225 grams of butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of dry wine
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 3 tablespoons of ground cinnamon
  • 4 teaspoons of whole anise seeds
Instructions:

Grind the brown sugar with a mortar or a blender, to make it as fine as possible. Do the same with the anise seeds and keep them separate from the sugar.

Dry ingredients / CiberCuba Kitchen

In a large and deep container, you should mix and sift the flour, salt, cinnamon, and crushed anise.

In another container, beat the butter at room temperature while gradually adding the powdered sugar. Then incorporate the eggs, previously beaten, and the dry wine. To this mixture, add the flour and combine all the ingredients.

Preparation of the dough / CiberCuba Kitchen

Roll out the dough on a smooth work surface, previously dusted with flour.

Knead this mixture and gradually add flour until it forms a compact dough that doesn’t stick to the work surface. Try to keep it as soft as possible.

Dough for cakes / CiberCuba Kitchen

With a rolling pin, stretch the dough to about 1 cm thick. Use a mold to shape your cakes and carefully place them on the previously greased baking tray or lined with parchment paper.

Cakes to bake / CiberCuba Cooking

Preheat the oven to 175ºC (350ºF).

Once you have the dough cut and on the baking tray, you can make small decorative dots on the surface with a toothpick.

Bake it for about 15 minutes or until you see that the cakes are golden brown.

Cakes / CiberCuba Kitchen

I hope you enjoy this recipe. Bon appétit!!

Rations:
18
Cinnamon