Whoa, check it out!

[frostdemn]

Hey, so.. My friend's birthday was last week, and I decided to prepare a Filipino dish called "puto" for her party. They're little steamed rice cakes that use a special pan. Anyways, my mom apparently got a new pan because the one I borrowed was a different shape, but as a final result, look at these things!

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[unowncafe]

That's really cute! We're the poffins tasty?

[frostdemn]

I made a pan of about 50 or so, the house tore through them so fast!
Though none of them were specifically flavored, they were still sweet and addictive. I did once modify the recipe and added cocoa powder, and the result tasted like large, soft cocoa puffs.
I figure mashed fruit or fruit juice might add some flavor, but it's got milk in it, so those might not agree directly with them. They taste great without flavors anyway.

[lilenth]

You could use coconut milk.

Fruit doesn't necessarily argue with milk, so long as you don't go too acidic, strawberries, berries in general and bananas are a good mix with milk.

[windsrequiem]

*gasp* Puto poffins! That's genius! They look yummy~

/Pinay brofist

[frostdemn]

They totally were! My mom's regular pan was way deeper, so they never looked like this. I kinda like the new pan.

/Brofist!

[loliverse]

/joins in on the brofist if pinoys are allowed too.

Puto is delicious, and putoffins look even more so!

[winter_sidhe]

I was totes confused on how this was relevant until I saw the tag.

Those look very nomable.

[trenchcoatedson]

LOL ME TOO.

I was like, "I mean I love rice cakes and all but..."

[babycharmander]

Oh good I wasn't the only one. XD I was wondering if the OP had posted this in the wrong comm or something.

[runawayballista]

Those look awesome! What a perfect shape! :o I've never had puto, but I'd really like to try making them now, but I have no clue where I'd get a mold like that.

When I was thinking about what the poffin flavors would translate to in real life, I always figured green tea would be a great "bitter" flavor, and that leaving them plain but a little sweet would be good for a dry flavor. I think I'd also thought of cinnamon or anise flavor for spicy, citrus for sour, and vanilla for sweet, but I could never get the actual dough recipe down, so I never got very far :c My first batch turned out so terrible that I gave up, haha!

[jenbooks]

My first batch turned out so terrible that I gave up, haha!

You just need to "spin" it faster!! :D

[frostdemn]

Well, firstly, it's more of a batter. It's definitely not a dough, and you spoon it into the steam pans. As for shape, if you want to do your own, the next easiest solution supposedly is to take a muffin pan and put it in a larger pan of water on the stove, then get a lid for the larger pan so the steam can run. My mom tells me her friend bought the pan from an online retailer. I wonder if those 'pancake puffs' pans work...

[pocketcucco]

They look so cute! And delicious too. :)