It's not much to look at and rather plain-Jane looking, as far as desserts go. But it's a simple, easy to make dessert that is not overly heavy or sweet. A perfect end to a meal. You can find the recipe for this in The Multi-Cultural Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago.
For those of you who are afraid of using the raw eggs called for in this recipe, here is a vintage version Pineapple Ice-Box Cake from a newspaper clipping dated 1962! Given that, when I'm in the kitchen there is oftentimes a toddler attached to one leg, a screaming baby in the background and a husband calling out for help - the real baby:-)- suffice to say that I have made the easy, raw egg version a gazillion times for my family and served it to young and old with no ill effects.
Growing up dessert was not a tradition in my home and as such, when I find myself out for dinner I will usually opt to end my meal simply, with a cup of coffee. I am of the not popularly held opinion that cloying sweets, heavy pastries, cheesecakes, towering cakes and the like are meals onto themselves, deserving of having my full attention on their decadent surfeit. Such treats just cannot be fully appreciated on an already full stomach and need only be paired with a perfectly brewed coffee as an accompaniment. The times that I do end a meal with a dessert, it is often a small portion of something light.
