Po’e de Plátanos (Rapa Nui Banana Po'e) is a traditional Pascuense (from Rapa Nui/Easter Island recipe for a classic dessert of a banana, pumpkin and coconut cake sweetened with sugar and bound with tapioca flour. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Pascuense version of: Rapa Nui Banana Po'e (Po’e de Plátanos).
(click this button to prevent the screen from sleeping so Cook Mode is 'ON')
Ingredients:
1½kg of ripe bananas
500g of flour
500g of sugar
300g of grated yellow pumpkin (or sweet potato)
300g of soft butter or lard
70g of shredded coconut
35g of powdered milk
6ml of coconut essence
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C and butter a loaf tin or cake mould.
In a large bowl, add the peeled bananas and grated pumpkin or sweet potato, mix with your hands while adding butter or lard. Knead until everything is integrated and a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
Add on the sifted flour, sugar, shredded coconut, powdered milk, and coconut essence, kneading with your hands until you obtain a well-blended mixture with a uniform texture.
Distribute the mixture in the previously buttered mould, levelling the surface with your fingers.
Transfer to the centre of your pre-heated oven and bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until the po’e is cooked and moist in the centre. When done, a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake should emerge cleanly. Remove from the oven, cool, and unmould.
Serve freshly made po’e de plátanos, cold and sliced as desired, alone or accompanied by tea, coffee, or juice.
)
