Bibingkang Galapong Recipe

Bibingkang Galapong

Glutinous Rice Cake

Bibingka Galapong is a coal-steamed rice cake made out of ground glutinous rice, water, & egg. It is cooked on a clay pan that is lined w/ banana leaves, for the aroma, then topped with salted egg slices. Preheated coal is placed both at the top and at the bottom of the pan to cook thoroughly. It is best served w/ butter & coconut shreds.

Warm, soft, & fluffy is the supreme qualities of good bibingka galapong. The salted egg gives another notch of complimenting flavor and texture of the bibingka. In some places in the Philippines you can buy bibngka during midnight masses (simbang gabi). Here's the  recipe in making a delicious bibingkang galapong.

 

• 4 eggs, well beaten
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 2 cups rice flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup melted margarine
• ¼ cup coco cream
• ¼ cup sugar for topping
• 2 tbsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt

1. Add sugar to beaten eggs.
2. Combine salt and flour; add to egg mixture.
3. Add melted margarine, coconut milk, and baking powder.
4. Pour into banana leaf-lined mold.
5. Bake in 375 degrees Fahrenheit oven.
6. When half-done, take it out from the oven and brush top with coconut cream and sugar and bake until golden crust is formed.

Yield: 3 large bibingkas.