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3 days agoKomal's Pan de Elote
Pan de elote is a custardy Mexican sweet cornbread made from puréed fresh heirloom corn and rice flour, best served with lightly sweetened corn cream.
Known as pan de elote or pastel de elote, this sweet Mexican cornbread-some might even say corn cake-is a staple on the dessert menu at Komal in LA, one of our Best New Restaurants of 2025. Chef Fátima Juárez has built a menu around heirloom corn nixtamalized and ground in-house. Her pan de elote recipe combines white heirloom corn and house-made rice flour, paying homage to her Jacona, Michoacán-born grandmother and the long, storied tradition of pan dulce in Mexico.