Chi Chis Style Corn Cake

Anyone have a good recipe for the corn cake like you would get at Chi Chis? I've found some on the net, but they didn't come out anywhere near like the real thing.

Someone else read my mind, a good couple months before me.... and it looks like no one had the answer.... Please help me I neeeeeed these since chi chi's no longer is around!

Thanks,
Josh

If you can describe it for me maybe I can figure it out for you. I am unfamiliar with most chain restaurants so I have no idea what you're looking for. If you can tell me what you think the basic ingredients are, the texture when served, how it looks on the plate when served, and how you think it's cooked (baked, fried, whatever) I might be able to come up with a place to start and can refine from there.

Don Pablo's has a sweet corncake that borders on being a dessert. Very sweet, moist, with whole kernels in it. Looks to be baked. Comes in a bowl and needs to be eaten with a spoon. Does that sound similiar?

Not sure if this is the one you're talking about or not - I've never tasted the one to which you refer, but I did find these on the web that sound like they might be similar. I saw this particular recipe several times. At the bottom are three other links where I found it. Hope this is what you were looking for.

Keri C

* Exported from MasterCook *

Chi Chi's Sweet Corn Cake

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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Vegetable

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/3 cup masa harina
1/4 cup water
1 10oz pkg frozen corn -- thawed
1/3 cup sugar
3 tbl yellow corn meal
2 tbl whipping cream
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
sliced chili peppers
chopped parsley

With an electric mixer, beat butter til fluffy. Gradually beat in masa harina. On low speed, beat in water. Place corn in bowl of food processor and pulse until chopped coursely. Stir in masa mixture. In a small bowl, stir together sugar, cornmeal,cream, baking powder, and salt. Stir into corn mixture. Spread in a greased 8" sq. baking pan. Cover with foil. Place in a larger pan and pour boiling water half way up the side of the smaller pan. Bake at 350 for 50 min., or til set. Remove smaller pan from water, uncover and let stand 15 min. Sprinkle with chilies and parsley, if desired.

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http://recipes.epicurean.com/recipe/353/chi-chi's-sweet-corn-cake.html

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