I love holidays. It is the time when my boys come home and spend time with me and my husband. In the past, we used to play cards and board games. But this year, we are spending time talking or watching movies. Meals are usually long and a fun time. I try to cook dishes that we all love and enjoy. Today, I made this snack that I used to make for my kids when they were young.
Puto is a Filipino dish that is always served during the holidays. It is a steamed sweet cake that is traditionally made from ground rice. It is eaten by itself, with butter or grated coconut. However, this recipe is an adapted way of making puto, using cake flour instead of ground rice. There are many variations of puto that include different flavoring such as ube (purple yam) and pandan. It can also be topped with cheese or salted egg.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups cake flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups water
- 2 egg whites
- ¼ cup fresh milk
Instructions
- Fill a 12-inch pan halfway with water and set over high heat.
- In a bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, combine water, egg whites and fresh milk. Using a hand mixer, beat the mixture at low speed for 5 minutes.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Strain the batter into another bowl to ensure that there are no lumps.
- Lightly brush a mini muffin tin with vegetable oil.
- Fill muffin tin ¾ full with the batter.
- Once the water in the pan is boiling, place the muffin tin in the pan and cover the pan with a lid.
- Steam the puto for 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the puto comes out clean.
- Once the puto is cooked, remove from the pan and allow to cool at least 30 seconds before removing from the muffin tins.
- Repeat steps 6 to 10 three more times, making sure there is enough water in the pan each time.
Notes
This recipe was adapted from the cookbook “Goldilocks Bakebook”.
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Oh my, thank you for this! I moved away from the States a year ago and one of the treats I missed the most is the puto that the Filipino market near my old job used to make. I will definitely be doing these!
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Hope you enjoy it
thank you so much, for those recipe..
My pleasure
Please make more filipino deserts! They look so interesting
Hi Annie,
I will definitely make more
Hi there! Recipe looks great. I’ve never made these before and I was wondering what can I change the cake flour ingredient with? Like can I use cake mix or pancake mix? Hope to hear from you.
Hi Sarah,
I have not used cake mix nor pancake mix in making puto before. But I think you can substitute the cake flour with the cake mix. But remember, some cake mixes have already some of the ingredients (sugar, baking powder etc)premixed and you only need to add a few ingredients like eggs, milk and sometimes oil/butter. So adjust the ingredients accordingly if are going to use cake mix. Hope it helps