Special Bibingka
Special Bibingka

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, special bibingka. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Special Bibingka is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Special Bibingka is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Anyway, Bibingka is a type of rice cake that is baked and usually eaten for breakfast especially during Christmas season. It is traditionally baked in clay pots with banana leaves. For this one, I lined a large muffin pan with banana leaves and baked it. If banana leaves are not available, you can just use a regular muffin liner.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have special bibingka using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Special Bibingka:
  1. Prepare 1 cup rice flour
  2. Get 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  3. Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
  4. Take 3 medium eggs, room temperature
  5. Prepare 1 cup coconut milk
  6. Get 1/4 cup fresh or whole milk
  7. Take 1/4 cup softened butter
  8. Get plus extra for coating
  9. Take grated cheese for toppings, salted egg, sliced or cream cheese, sliced, ham
  10. Prepare few pieces banana leaves​

Bibingka is baked in a makeshift oven fueled by charcoal. When you travel in Ilocos riding in a bus, there are vendors who hop in a bus selling bibingka, kalamay, chichacorn, puto and others. A special clay oven known as "Bibingka oven" is needed to bake this rice cake. The clay pot is placed between the layers of the Bibingka oven and lit charcoals (locally known as "uling") are placed below and above the clay pot to evenly cook the mixture.

Steps to make Special Bibingka:
  1. Combine butter and sugar together while whisking then add the eggs.
  2. Gradually add the rice flour and baking powder.
  3. Add the coconut milk and fresh milk. Beat well until smooth.
  4. Line molds or round pans with pliable banana leaves (brushed with butter).
  5. Pour mixture in the prepared molds or muffin pans.
  6. Bake in (preheated) oven 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven.
  8. Top with sliced salted eggs and ham.
  9. Bake again for 10-15 minutes or until the color of top turns medium brown.
  10. Remove from oven. Brush some butter on top if desired.
  11. Serve with grated coconut or cheese!

A special clay oven known as "Bibingka oven" is needed to bake this rice cake. The clay pot is placed between the layers of the Bibingka oven and lit charcoals (locally known as "uling") are placed below and above the clay pot to evenly cook the mixture. Bibingka Espesyal (Special Rice Cake) In the Philippines, cubes of kesong puti, made from carabao milk, are often used as topping. Traditionally, the rice cake is baked in clay ovens with glowing charcoal under and above the cake. Royal Bibingka is not your regular bibingka.

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