Meaning
An old-time Jamaican coconut candy made from grated coconut boiled with sugar and set into a firm cake — classically a white base topped with a bright pink layer. Sweet, chewy, and sold in squares at shops and by roadside vendors, the grater cake is one of the best-loved of the traditional homemade sweets, its two-tone look as familiar as its rich coconut chew. It belongs with cut cake, wangla, and drops among the old-fashioned confections that have delighted Jamaican children for generations.
Examples
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Gi mi a piece a di pink an white grater cake.
Give me a piece of the pink and white grater cake.
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Granny grate di coconut fi mek grater cake.
Granny grated the coconut to make grater cake.
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Grater cake sweet but it tough pon di teeth.
Grater cake is sweet but it's tough on the teeth.
Origin
Named for the grated coconut it is made from; the classic 'pink and white' colouring is traditional.
How it’s used
A traditional coconut sweet, part of the old-time candy family with drops and busta.