Easy Pan de Elote or Mexican Sweet Corn Cake with Cream Cheese
This Mexican sweet corn cake or pan de elote, is one of the most popular Mexican desserts and one of the easiest you can make. Serve as a dessert or with a cup of café for a sweet breakfast.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 484kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh white corn kernels
- 3 medium eggs at room temperature
- 1.5 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 7 oz cream cheese at room temperature*
- 9 Tablespoons salted butter*
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk I use La Lechera.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
Instructions
- Prepare a 10″ cake pan by buttering it then dusting with flour, set it aside. Preheat oven to 350C.
- Add the corn kernels into a food processor and process until broken down. Stop to scrape down the sides.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and process for 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides.
- Add the cream cheese and butter and process. After a couple of minutes begin carefully powering in the condensed milk. Process until completely broken down and everything is well incorporated.
- Add the baking powder and process for another minute. Pour in the flour little by little as you continue to process the ingredients.
- Scrape down the sides and check that there are no lumps of cream cheese or butter or lots of unprocessed corn kernels.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake in the center of the oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until the cake is set and golden in color.
- Check the cake after 40 minutes by inserting a knife into the center. It’s done when it comes out clean. You can also cover the cake with aluminum foil to prevent it from getting darker.
- Allow to cool completely before dusting with powdered sugar, slicing and serving.
Notes
*Make sure all of the ingredients are at room temperature.
Use full fat cream cheese, not the light or diet stuff.
If using unsalted butter then use the same amount of butter but also mix in a pinch of salt to the batter.
I used La Lechera for the sweetened condensed milk.
Top with powdered sugar if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 8servings | Calories: 484kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 137mg | Sodium: 321mg | Potassium: 403mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 949IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 210mg | Iron: 1mg
