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Coconut rock buns are a nostalgic treat for me. I vividly remember saving up my

allowance, as a child ,to buy them from the lady who sold baked goods out of the back of

her station wagon every Wednesday afternoon at my prep school. Now and then I wouldstray from my old standby and purchase a sugar bun or currant roll, but invariably I

always returned to my faithful friend, the coconut rock bun. I don’t know why coconut

rock buns appeal to me so much. I think in part it’s because of the contrast of the homelyrough-hewn eterior which belies the soft airy teture of the insides. !r maybe it’s the

sweet sugary crust which perfectly complements the coconut infused, raisin-studded

flavours" Who knows" It may take a lifetime of consumption for me to find the answer 

#y the way when I was in the process of making these my mother kept in$uiring as to

what I was doing. When I kept repeating I was making rock buns she kept mumbling %she

ain’t never hear bout no rock bun’& !nce completed however she bit into one and

immediately said %Is toto'’. Well, needless to say I (ust blinked blankly. )he had to

eplain that as a kid she ate this baked good in *amaica a lot and knew it as %toto’+pronounced !-!. When I looked it up though every *amaican site I found referredto toto as a cake, and the pictures indeed looked like a cake. When I showed them to her

she shook her head emphatically and kept repeating %toto is not no cake, I don’t know

what they doing nowadays now though’.

)o now I’m curious. Is toto the name for *amaican rock buns" Is toto really a coconutcake" /id the definition shift at some point" I may never get my answers but I’m like

Curious 0eorge and will keep digging

 Note:This entry has been submitted to Sugar High Friday: Going Local 

Coconut Rock Buns

 Recipe from: GraceFoods.com

 Makes rock buns

INGREDIENTS:

1 cups all purpose flour, sifted2 cup soft margarine

2 cup brown sugar 3 bsps. raisins

4 teaspoon baking powder 1 medium eggs

4 teaspoon vanilla

3 tsps. milk 2 cup shredded coconut

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DIRECTIONS:

4. 5reheat oven at 6789: ; 4<89C. 0rease baking sheet.

1. =sing the finger tips, rub fat into sifted flour until miture resembles fine breadcrumbs.6. >dd sugar, raisins, baking powder and coconut, mi in evenly.

3. #eat eggs and vanilla. 5our into flour miture and combine then add milk slowly.?. Combine miture with the hands until a moist dough is formed.

7. With a spoon and a fork, divide dough into e$ual pieces and shape each piece into a@rocky coneA on the greased baking tray.

!"lthough the recipe doesn#t call for it at this point $ sprinkle the buns generously %ith

bro%n sugar &

B. #ake for 4? minutes or until done.