Sweet Corn Tomalito - Chevy's Copycat tastes just like the scoop of corn bread cake served with entrees at popular Mexican restaurants. It is the perfect accompaniment to your favorite Mexican meal.
As I mentioned earlier this week, we had my parents over for a Mexican night. I made these delicious Chicken Enchiladas with Red Chili Sauce.
My mom jokingly asked if I was making Sweet Corn Tomalito, that delicious, scoop-able side dish served with your meal at popular Mexican chain restaurants (Chevy's being my favorite). I had seen recipes for this in the past, and even made one from a packet before, so I decided we would have it for dessert.
I found a recipe on Allrecipes and decided to make a few adjustments, namely cutting the amount of butter in half.
I had never heard of masa harina, but a little Googling informed me that it's a Mexican corn flour, and surprisingly I found it in my grocery store next to the Mexican grocery items!
This corn cake was so yummy! It was the perfect ending to our wonderful Mexican feast!
Recipe Details
This recipe uses masa harina, a Mexican corn flour. This should be naturally gluten free, but please check your packaging to make sure if you must avoid gluten.
First, the butter is beaten until creamy, and then the water and masa harina are added. Next, the cream style corn is added to a food processor to break up the big chunks of corn. This step is optional. The corn is added to the butter mixture.
In a separate bowl, the corn meal, sugar, milk, salt and baking powder are combined.
The corn meal mixture is then added to the corn mixture and mixed until combined.
The batter is poured into an 8-inch square baking dish and smoothed.
The dish is covered with aluminum foil. It will be baked in a water bath similar to the method used to make Easy Homemade Dulce de Leche.
The covered square dish is placed into a 9x13-inch pan filled ⅓ of the way with water, then placed into the oven. Once baked, the foil is removed to reveal a spoon-able corn cake.
To serve, you can use an ice cream scoop to remove the cake from the pan. I like to use a small or medium dough scoop to serve the corn cake in small serving dishes.
Gluten Free Option
Masa harina and cornmeal are technically gluten free, but certain brands may contain gluten by cross contamination. Please check your packaging to make sure your ingredients are free of gluten.
📖 Recipe
Sweet Corn Tomalito - Chevy's Copycat
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter (softened)
- ⅓ cup masa harina (Mexican corn flour)
- ¼ cup water
- 14 ounces canned cream style corn
- ¼ cup corn meal
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl beat butter until it is creamy. Add the Mexican corn flour and water and beat until well mixed.
- Using a food processor, process the corn, but leave chunky (this step is optional).
- Stir processed corn into the butter mixture and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix corn meal, sugar, milk, salt, and baking powder. Add to corn flour mixture and stir to combine.
- Pour batter into an ungreased 8x8-inch baking pan. Smooth batter and cover with aluminum foil. Place pan into a 9x13-inch baking dish that is filled ⅓ of the way with water.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Use an ice cream scoop or dough scoop for easy removal from pan.
Blog is the New Black says
Looks good- I bet my bf would LOVE this! 🙂
Kerstin says
I've actually never had this before, but I know I'd like it based on the recipe! I'll have to look for that corn flour 🙂
CaSaundraLeigh says
I love all things involving corn! I'll have to look for that flour and give this a try soon 🙂
Melissa Ginczycki-Chaffee says
I made this the other night with my husband along with your tortilla soup. This corn cake is amazing! My husband and I could've eaten the entire pan ourselves! I did use the original receipe you included the link for. I'm going to try doubling the recipe for a potluck at work later this week!
Melissa Ginczycki says
When I first commented on this dish (02/13/11), I mentioned doubling the recipe for a potluck at work. We had a potluck this past Thursday (02/17/11) and the theme was Mexican foods. My boss decided to make the potluck a contest and I made this and I WON!! =) Everyone thought it was delicious, especially with a little butter on top.
Evan says
I didn't bother using the blender but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. This is amazing and unlike so many supposed "copycat" recipes it tastes EXACTLY like the original. So glad to have found this and so pleased with the results.
Meghan says
Thank you so much!
D says
This was delicious; I used tortilla chips as a sub for masa.
Meghan says
Good to know about the tortilla chips option!