One of the highlights of my Mombasa stay was helping bake a jiko cake. The jiko is an outside charcoal cooker used to prepare - - - everyhing. Pictures tell it best, so there's not going to be too much actual text in this post.
The charcoal - sometimes people use branches and small logs as well - is in the bottom of the jiko.
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| Atop the jiko goes a large pot (our "oven") filled with wet sand. Stones are set in the center to serve as a base for the cake pan. |
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| The sand (and stones) are heated. |
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| The pan with the cake batter is set into the oven. |
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| A lid is placed atop the oven, and hot coals are heaped on the lid to provide an all-around heat environment for the cake. |
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| 30 minute test - not quite ready. |
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| 15 minutes later - oops - the cake rose to the level of the lid and the top is a bit burnt. |
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| Our cake - so moist that most of the bottom fell off. But no worries . . . |
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| Stephanie prepared her special secret sauce that makes the cake's looks irrelevant - water, two different flavored powders, and a melted candy bar for good measure. |
The result - delicious!
ts a simple way of baking for those who dont have ovens asante for the tips i surely try it out for my daughters first birthday
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