Coconut Confection

African-Caribbean candy-making traditions: Enslaved Africans and their descendants often created sweets from available ingredients like coconut and sugar, since flour and ovens weren’t always accessible.

This version of “coconut cake” is not a cake in the European sense but a confection unique to Bahamian identity.

• It reflects the island tradition of resourceful cooking — using what’s abundant (coconut and sugar) to create something festive.