Tuesday, April 13th, 2010...13:45
Bibingka – A Filipino Dessert
My very first and successful attempt at one of my favorite classic Filipino treats. An interesting amalgamation of flavors, bibingka fuses together a simple rice flour cake with coconut milk, salted eggs and cream cheese.
Life has been nothing short of a whirlwind lately from our travel adventures to the arduous and herculean task of apartment hunting in Manhattan. Sadly, our kitchen encounters have been minimal and even less time to devote any patience to photographing our meals. It’s a bittersweet conundrum of sacrificing my passion temporarily in search of a bright, new apartment (and remotely bigger kitchen, I hope) that will nurture our Culinary Musings even further.
So until we finally find the perfect new humble abode amidst this concrete jungle, my entries will be short and sweet but nevertheless, mouthwatering!
Ingredients:
| 4 | eggs |
| 1 | 13.5 ounce can coconut milk |
| 1 | cup sugar |
| 1/4 | cup butter, softened to room temperature |
| 2 | cup rice flour |
| 2 | tsp baking powder |
| 1/2 | tsp salt |
| 1 | salted egg, sliced in thin rounds |
| cream cheese, sliced in thin strips (use as much as you’d like) | |
| 1 | banana leaf (optional) |
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and eggs. In another mixing bowl, combine rice flour, baking powder and salt.
- Alternately mix in the coconut milk and flour to the creamed egg mixture until thoroughly combined.
- You can either bake the entire batter in a 6 inch cake pan or the two methods I used: a 5 inch porcelain ramekin lined with banana leaves (optional) and the leftover batter I placed in greased 6-ounce ramekins for individual sized cakes. Once the batter is in the molds, place the strips of cream cheese on top (leave room for the salted egg to be added later). Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
- Remove bibingka from the oven and add the salted egg on top. Cool for 20 minutes. Sprinkle granulated sugar on top and serve warm or room temperature.
24 Comments
April 13th, 2010 at 15:16
What a unique, mouthwatering dessert! I have never tried these before. They look delicious!
April 13th, 2010 at 15:44
I love it that you made individual portions. For a first timer, your bibingka looks so legit. I would have not known that it’s your first attempt.
Good luck on your househunting Dhale…
April 13th, 2010 at 22:19
It does look delicious. I hope that you find a new home soon.
Mimi
April 14th, 2010 at 05:59
mouthwatering indeed! these must be great, and i’m intrigued by the salted egg component–how interesting!
meanwhile, good luck on your search!
April 15th, 2010 at 17:32
Salted Egg eh? Like salted duck eggs? This looks very intriguing…if only you were my neighbor I’d totally be all up in this dessert right now hahaha
find any good places yet?
April 16th, 2010 at 10:40
Mouthwatering dessert and amazing pics
April 17th, 2010 at 00:43
I’ve tried that once a looooong time ago but it never looked that good! The presentation was totally different.
Kinda makes me want to try out more Filipino foods =)
April 18th, 2010 at 02:18
i have never heard about this filipino dessert but it looks scrumptious !! bravo to you Pierre
April 18th, 2010 at 11:48
Mmm, short but sweet indeed! This is a new dessert for me, really, really interesting, Thanks for making time to post this in the middle of all your craziness!
April 19th, 2010 at 09:39
@Sook: I love eating bibingka as a breakfast pastry. How can you go wrong with a little cake, egg and cheese in the morning???
April 19th, 2010 at 09:41
@Malou: We’ve finally found a new place! But the next month will be quite hectic with all the packing :-/ Glad to have your seal of approval for the bibingka and it means a lot coming from an expert Filipino chef like yourself
Thanks Malou!
April 19th, 2010 at 09:42
@Mimi: Thanks! We finally found a new home! Let the packing begin… arggghhh
April 19th, 2010 at 09:43
@Grace: The salted egg is a definite MUST for this dessert! It adds such a unique and tasty twist. I love it! And good news, we found a new apartment. But now for the whirlwind of boxes to pack… ick.
April 19th, 2010 at 09:54
@Joy: We found a home!!! Just not looking forward to packing though but glad we’ll be upgrading to a bigger kitchen (bigger is merely relative to our teeny tiny one right now). I love the salted eggs in this dessert. IF we were neighbors, I’d drop off a batch every time I made them
April 19th, 2010 at 09:54
@RV: Thanks!!!
April 19th, 2010 at 09:56
@SageMom: Awww thank you! I really like the subtle taste of the banana leaves but I also love the mini cupcake portions. I’m on a quest to try to learn how to make more Filipino dishes as well. A lot of them seem very intimidating though!
April 19th, 2010 at 09:57
@Pierre: Have you ever tried any Filipino dishes? I’ve never come across any restaurants in Paris that serves this
Maybe we can trade and I’ll send you some of this and you can send us macarons from Ladurée?
April 19th, 2010 at 09:59
@Tasty Trix: We’re both relieved to have found a wonderful apartment but I have a whole lot of packing and pre-moving tasks to complete. It’s going to be hectic but I surely can’t neglect my little blog! Glad to have introduced you to a new dessert!
April 19th, 2010 at 15:19
“amalgamation, arduous, herculean, conundrum”… sheesh. You have a colorful vocabulary. If your vocabulary was a class in high school it would be M.U.N (Model United Nations). .
P.S. This look good!
April 23rd, 2010 at 17:51
I’ve only had babingka once and I never fogot it. Really liked it. Thx for sharing this recipe. I’m looking forward to making it.
May 5th, 2010 at 09:58
@Magic Bibingka: My vocabulary is just as colorful as your alter egos (i.e., “Magic Bibingka”, “Magic Adobo”, etc.) Thanks bud! And you know what we always said in high school, “M.U.N. is f-u-n!”
May 5th, 2010 at 10:08
@TeenieCakes: I’m quite amazed that you’ve actually had bibingka once before. It’s not exactly the most common dessert ever although it did receive a mention in the movie “Deuce Bigalow”…as Itilt my head down in shame for having seen the movie
Hope you enjoy this recipe!
May 10th, 2010 at 15:28
I’m so glad to have found this! My husband is Filipino and his family moved to Cali a few years ago… recently he’s been craving some dishes from his childhood. I’m in Brooklyn and also work out of a closet of a kitchen! Howdy.
June 1st, 2010 at 09:20
@Duchess: Have you tried this recipe out yet? I’ve been raving some other Filipino dishes as well but it’s a bit tough to find decent ones in Manhattan. I hear Queens has a pretty strong Filipino community. Have you taken your husband there?
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