Nom Nom: Puto Cake
3 June 2009, 3:15 PM. By Alex Alvarez
Do not even front like you don’t want to place a fat, puffy puto in your mouth at any given second. Puto is a steamed rice cake often enjoyed in the Philippines. It can be eaten as dessert, a breakfast food or as a savory dish.
There are sort of variations on puto, but we think the recipe below sounds particularly delicious - and it was sent in by Latin_Princess. Who simply cannot get enough putos.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 6 eggs
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 1/4 cups Edam cheese, shredded
Directions
- Grease small cake, puto molds, or ramekins for use in a steamer. Mix the flour, sugar, and baking powder together in a bowl. In a separate, large bowl, scramble the eggs with the evaporated milk and water. Fold the dry mixture into the eggs until evenly blended. Fill the prepared molds 2/3 of the way up with the batter and top with shredded cheese.
- Fill a wok or a sauce pan that will hold a steamer basket with a few inches of water. Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Place the molds into a steamer basket and place over the boiling water and cover.
- Steam until a toothpick inserted in the center of one of the putos comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and serve warm or at room temperature.
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you guys should try Bichos they are like a Filipino Doughnut…yum yum!
i love putos they are awesome
wat does bicho taste like?
I do loves me some puto.
“Puto” needs to be in your next glossary post. Cuz where I’m from, I don’t want ANY putos in my mouth.
i need to ask my pili-pino priends if they like eating putos.
You know the other day I found a quarter engraved with the word puto on it. I am keeping it forever!
You just made me totally crack up!
one of the pili-pino priends, talks like that on purpose. she replaces the ‘b’ with ‘v’ and vice versa, also the ‘f’ with ‘p’.. and she adds ‘es’ infront of any word that starts with an ’s’. When I first heard her I thought she was making fun of me, she said “no, i’m make pun of my pili-pino pamily”
Also ask any pili-pino to say other, they’ll pronounce it udder.