Puto Cake

I was craving for puto(steamed rice cake) tonight. But I don't have rice flour or puto mix in my pantry. And it was too late to go to the store. Oh alright.... I don't wanna go out to get rice flour because it's already dark and cold outside. Besides, I suddenly thought of making a little experiment. I was thinking of using pancake mix instead. Weird right? But hey, it might taste good. And since I'm using pancake mix for my puto recipe, I thought of renaming it as 'puto cake'.

Puto, or steamed rice cake, is a popular 'kakanin' in the Philippines. It is served as snack or breakfast. Topped with cheese, butter or coconut flakes. It could also be eaten with dinuguan. There are several varieties of puto. White puto is most popular. There is also puto kutsinta, puto bumbong, puto pao etc. It is steamed on a puto mold. But if you don't have a mold, you can use muffin baking pan.

Below is my recipe for puto cake.

1       cup       pancake mix

3/4    cup       2%milk

1/2    cup      white sugar

1/2    tsp        salt

1       tsp        baking powder

2       tsp        vegetable oil

1       pc         egg

1       pc        american cheese

Procedure

Mix all the ingredients except for cheese. Transfer the batter in muffin mold with cupcake lining. Steam for 20 minutes. 

Cut the cheese in small squares. Place on top of the puto cake.

Makes 6 puto cakes..

I guess my puto cake turned out good. Sophie finished 3 pieces in one sitting.