Irresistible Sweet Bread Recipe by Chef Shaun 🇹🇹 Foodie Nation

Trinidadian sweet bread, also known as "Coconut Sweet Bread" or simply "Sweet Bread," is a popular treat in Trinidad and Tobago, especially during the Christmas season. It’s a delicious, rich bread made with grated coconut, dried fruits, and spices.
Yield - One 9” Loaf.
Ingredients
Brown Sugar - 1 cup + ½ cup
Raisins - ¼ cup
Currants - ¼ cup
Chopped Cherries - 1/3 cup
Mixed Fruit - 1/3 cup + ½ cup
Mixed Essence - 1 tsp + ½ tbsp
Cinnamon Powder - ½ tsp + ½ tbsp
Grated Nutmeg - ½ tsp + ½ tsp
Grated Tonka Bean - ¼ tsp + ½ tsp
Warm Water - 6 oz + 1 cup
All Purpose Flour - 3 cups
Baking Powder - 1 tbsp
Grated Coconut - 1 cup
Unsalted Butter - 5 oz (room temp.)
Bay Leaf - 1
Method
Preheat your oven to 350F.
In a bowl, add 1 cup brown sugar, raisins, currants, cherries, 1/3 cup mixed fruits, 1 tsp mixed essence, ½ tsp cinnamon powder, ½ tsp nutmeg, ¼ tsp tonka bean & 6 oz of water.
Mix until sugar is dissolved, and all your ingredients are combined.
Set aside.
In another bowl, combine, flour, baking powder, coconut & butter.
Add your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients.
Mix to combine.
Transfer to greased loaf pan.
Top with 1/2 cup mixed fruit.
Bake at 350F for 1 hour to 1 hour.
For base add remaining sugar, mixed essence, cinnamon, nutmeg, tonka bean & bay leaf to a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil and allow to reduce by half.
Set aside.
Remove sweet bread from oven once fully cooked.
Let cool in pan for 5 to 10 minutes.
Remove from pan and allow to fully cool before slicing.
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[@SaiedKarmally]

Boom. Foodie Nation for the Win.

[@judyforbes5584]

I tried your recipe. My husband loves it. ❤ Thank you Chef Shaun. Blessings.

[@Javan-n4m]

That is looking so nice and Wonderful fantastic job excellent great job work And please be safe out dear,😋👏 new sweet bread, and blessings to you and your family members to

[@stillirise7813]

My grandmother would make this for me. 😢

[@jaseyeates4431]

It looks yummy ..will be trying this .

[@seygra20]

loooks delicious. perfect texture

[@marioncharles-alleyne7349]

Thank you for sharing. Love the tips.

[@bserene6328]

Wow. So perfect, delicious looking!

[@kathleencockburn8118]

A pinch of soda powder makes d sweet bread really soft and nice

[@joanballiram420]

Amazing

[@Trinity25Apr]

This should count as my 5 a day 😉 Thank you 😊

[@lydiasydney9613]

Childhood fave ❤

[@trishdafryck9736]

Looks soo delicious 😋👍

[@jocelynhibbert8587]

Look GREAT THANKS.

[@Cherrylann]

Looks divinely delicious and I am loving the colours well done 👍✅

[@tenishastairpraisegod7648]

Looks DELICIOUS 😋

[@sheldonbowman46]

Nice Job ,hope u make another vid on trini drops.

[@mariodecastro-up8st]

Sweet bread came from the Portuguese who came to trinidad 🇹🇹

[@catann9818]

Someone commented it's from Africa 😮

[@starettewalker7818]

Looks so yummy ❤❤

[@pamelapalloo7669]

Delicious 😋

[@productvisibilitytvshoppin1107]

Real nice video

[@FatimaHatim-ri6sx]

Yummy

[@lilawateejagdeoraman]

Superb

[@nikk7373]

My God looks delicious 😋

[@AJ-qy4yy]

This is a recipe hand down by the Africans in Trinidad and Tobago.

[@stacyemrith3459]

That is delicious jis looking at it making my mouth watering

[@karminiparsan9256]

I will have an end thanks😅 I will omit the fruits at the top though..the inside is perfect👌

[@abdulhafizfmuhammad5274]

Mix the flour mix and sugar mix with the fruits by hand or you gonna get lumps of dry flour in the sweetbread. Those white splotches are flour mix clumped together that weren’t broken up properly. The sugar he used is not sufficient to make it sweet enough, you have to taste your batter before putting it to bake to make sure it’s sweet and not slightly sweet.

[@catann9818]

You sure it's not clumps of coconut?

[@catann9818]

More sugar with all that sweet fruits😢 no wonder CDAP under strain

[@GodsChildLtd]

Nah, all those fruits added extra sweetness. That was enough sugar.

[@salinasucre907]

It really looks like clumps of flour....also 1tsp of yeast will keep it soft for days...and way too much fruits on top

[@koriasharampersad9435]

That was too much sugar on top..

[@jiselleanderson6943]

Looks delicious.. Gonna go look for fresh coconut in the grocery now.. wish me luck😂.. THANKS

[@judyforbes5584]

Love this recipe particularly the syrup for basting. Where can I purchase tonka bean ?

[@AnnLewis-nx4ye]

At the market.

[@judyforbes5584]

Thank you.

[@AnnLewis-nx4ye]

@@judyforbes5584 I forgot to mentioned, look for a vendor that sells spices, and you'll get it.

[@suepeel3276]

I slice of this sweet bread with my English tea would do me perfect Right now. In Jamaica we have similar called Easter bun but we don’t use coconut, I would rather the coconut in mine Thank you for sharing this amazing video ❤️

[@Millie-on3re]

I have to cut out the sugar out of my one and use stevia or prunes to make it.

[@nataliegift6044]

How the fruits on top looks different color tho 🤔

[@catann9818]

Because it not raw, It cook

[@trienlas1]

Why not make diabetic menus

[@JeromeGoberdhan]

So who Dead and make this Guy a cook he can't even make buss up shut shame

[@0814William]

Shut up. Why you preein his page?

[@stillirise7813]

Who can make a buss up shot but Indian?

[@mariodecastro-up8st]

Sweet bread