Puto (Filipino steamed rice cakes)

Name: Puto (Filipino steamed rice cakes)
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 200g rice flour; 100g caster sugar; 3 tsp gluten free baking powder; 0.25 tsp salt; 300ml milk; 1 egg; 40g butter, melted; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 50g vegetarian mild cheddar, cut into 12 thin slices

Soft, fluffy, lightly sweet steamed rice cakes, each topped with a little melted cheese.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.50 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings, 12 cakes

Ingredients

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200 grice flour
100 gcaster sugar
3 tspgluten free baking powder
¼ tspsalt
300 mlmilk
1egg
40 gbuttermelted
1 tspvanilla extract
50 gvegetarian mild cheddarcut into 12 thin slices

Method

1
Whisk the rice flour, sugar, gluten free baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
2
Whisk the milk, egg, melted butter and vanilla together. Pour into the dry mix and whisk to a smooth batter. Rest for 15 minutes.
3
Set up a steamer over boiling water. Grease 12 silicone moulds or paper muffin cases and fill each about three quarters full with batter.
4
Steam for 12 minutes. Lay a slice of cheese on each cake and steam for 3 minutes more until the cheese melts and a skewer comes out clean.
15 min
5
Cool for 5 minutes, then lift out of the moulds. Best eaten warm the same day.

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