Coconut Cassava Bars {Gluten-Free}
Coconut cassava bars are a chewy, sweet, gluten free dessert, perfect for any occasion! Made with a cake base that is soft, flavorful and chewy, the bars are topped with a thick coconut layer.
Happy Monday friends! I hope you all had a great weekend and are ready for the countdown to the holidays.
I spent my weekend in snowy Minneapolis at a Pillsbury blogger holiday event. A whole day of baking with fellow bloggers in the Pillsbury Kitchens and meeting the wonderful people behind Pillsbury. It was freaking amazing and once I get my act together, I will share with you all the details, pictures and holiday cookies we baked on Wednesday (pinky swear).
Today, I am guest posting over at my friend Bintu’s blog, Recipes from A Pantry. Bintu is a fellow Sierra Leonean blogger living in the UK. She shares lots of creative recipes using pantry staples, like this Roasted Red Cabbage Pesto and her Roasted Pumpkin Thai Red Curry, which is an absolute favorite of mine.
When Bintu asked me a few months ago to guest post for her in December, I knew I wanted to share with her readers a Sierra Leonean inspired treat. So let’s take a brief break from holiday flavors and enjoy these coconut cassava bars. They include two of my favorite things from home; cassava (tapioca) and coconut in one tasty treat.
Head over to Recipe from A Pantry now for the recipe for coconut cassava bars!
For more coconut desserts, be sure to check out my recipes for these sweet treats:
Coconut Raspberry Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I’m always on the look out for new gluten-free recipes to try and I’m adding this to the list!
I love coconut, but I’ve never had a cassava cake. I think I need to fix this problem! (Oh, and can I tell you how jealous I am about your trip to Pillsbury HQ!?!)
So glad you had a great time at the Pillsbury event, sounds like so much fun and can’t wait to hear about it 🙂 I adore coconut treats and these cassava cakes sound wonderful and so moist with the coconut and sweetened condensed milk and can’t believe they’re gluten-free too. Yum!
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Hey Zainab, These coconut cassava bars bring back the taste of Sierra Leone big time. Thank you so much for guest posting them over at Recipes From A Pantry.
Given my love for coconut, I need to make these soon! Glad to hear that you have a great time at Pillsbury holiday bakers.
Cassava cakes are one of my favorite. So much flavor and absolute love it.
I need to make this asap. love it. Pinning.
lucky duck-you look like you had so much fun at pillsbury!
I love these bars, so delicious (and cannot believe they’re gluten free!)
I’m heading over to Bintu’s blog now! I can’t wait to hear all about the Pilsbury event! I’m so jealous, it looks like so much fun!!
Uh, yum! Hope you had an amazing weekend!
You never cease to post things that make me hungry. Seriously, now I just want to stuff my face with these bars. 🙂 Hope you are having a fabulous time!
Excellent combination of cassava and coconut! Makes me want to go somewhere tropical! 😉