Meaning
A dense, moist coconut cake — a simple baked square of flour, grated coconut, brown sugar, and spice (nutmeg, vanilla, sometimes a little rum). Homely and old-fashioned, toto is a classic shop and lunchbox sweet, chewier and plainer than a fancy cake.
Examples
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Cut mi a piece a di coconut toto.
Cut me a piece of the coconut cake.
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Toto moist an full a coconut.
Toto is moist and full of coconut.
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Granny bake toto every weekend.
Grandma bakes toto every weekend.
Origin
Of likely West African origin; a traditional Jamaican coconut cake. See [[grater-cake]], [[pone]].
How it’s used
A dense moist coconut cake; a homely shop sweet. See [[grater-cake]], [[pone]], [[gizzada]].