bibingka

QUICK BIBINGKA RECIPE

A Filipino classic this sweet cake is tremendously easy to make and disproportionately tasty. Think sweet, buttery cornbread with just a bit of cheese. Very light with a smooth crumb. This recipe has been simplified from the traditional preperation methods wich call for wrapping in banana leaves and baking inside of goat's intestines for three days under a full-moon. This version only takes a few minutes to make and dirties only one mixing bowl.

TIPS:

First, make atleast two of these because they go that quickly. Second, use buttermilk if you can. Third, use whatever cheese you have handy-another reason to make more than one, experiment with extas.Cheddar? Yum. Note that if you use a cheese other than cream cheese you may want to add it later in the baking process-experiment.

Ingredients:

1 cup all-porpuse flour

2 tsps baking powder

1 cup butter milk

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

cream cheese

1 tbls melted butter

2 tbls sugar(for toppings)

Procedure:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.Butter, grease, whatever, man 8 inch cake pan.

2.Sift flour and baking soda into a large bowl. Stir in milk, egg, and sugar until just combined.

3. Pour in mix into pan and pop into oven for 15 minutes.

4. Remove from oven and place cream cheese on top. Here, if you're a purist, you'd add the egg. Bake for another 15 minutes. If baking morethan this would be a dandy place to tade tracks.

5. Brush bibingka with melted butter and the reserved sugar. Place back in oven under the broiler (you may want to raise the rack) until sugar is just melted and bubbly, and the cheese is golden brown, approx. 2-3 minutes. DO NOT BLINK, DO NOT WALK AWAY.