Float
What is a float? A float is a type of fry bake, simply put, that differs from the normal fry bake we make. The float is made with yeast instead of baking powder and because of this it swells when it is frying. It really puffs up like a crapaud (pronounced kra po) belly when it is frying and floating on the oil; probably that's why it was called that name "float".
We actually stumbled upon this recipe by mistake. My wife was making fry bake for dinner and decided to use yeast instead of using the usual baking powder; since she wanted the fry bake to come out softer; as you would remember with the coconut bake made with the yeast. To my surprise while frying I noticed how the fry bake puffed up and thought that was a little different than what I was accustomed to, but I still ate it and went to bed still wondering about this puffy fry bake like crapaud belly that we made. By the way for those of you who don't know; a crapaud is our trini name for a toad.
It was only yesterday that I realized what had happened. While driving home, my friend Ingrid told me what I made was float and not just fry bake made with yeast. Then I remembered my mother telling me that long time they used to make accra and float and the accra was sometimes put inside the float and eaten. Anyhow that's how the story goes, we discovered how to make float by accident and you all got a recipe. Enjoy.
FLOAT
3½ cups flour
½ cup wheat flour
2 tbsp. yeast
1 tsp. salt
1½ cups water or slightly more
1 tbsp. sugar
Oil for frying (bake)


add enough water to make a smooth dough.



















September 23, 2009 9:21 PM
Hi thanks for this but it didn't work for me. How much oil did you use and should there be more yeast?
September 23, 2009 9:23 PM
Adding some more info. They were flat and didn't rise at all. Shouldn't they sit in oil and float to the top. Shouldn't there be more oil?
September 24, 2009 1:40 AM
Hi Karen,
Contact me http://bit.ly/eUE8Y and explain everything. Let's see what went wrong.