Catherine of Munchie Musings was our November Daring Bakers’ host and she challenged us to make a traditional Filipino dessert – the delicious Sans Rival cake! And for those of us who wanted to try an additional Filipino dessert, Catherine also gave us a bonus recipe for Bibingka which comes from her friend Jun of Jun-blog.
Filipino desserts were chosen to be this month's Daring Baker challenge. Already wheat-free with lots of eggs and low dairy these recipes were a fun adventure that began with making salted duck eggs. Raw duck eggs sat on my pantry shelf, curing in a salt brine, for over 20 days before they were boiled and used as a garnish for the sweet rice cake, Bibingka. The salted eggs weren't that strange in flavor but the texture was unusual. To complete the authentic flavor, the rice cake bowl was lined with a banana leaf I clipped from my own banana plant. It was an interesting combination but not something I loved. The Sans Rival was a more familiar recipe for a chocolate nut meringue, cashew in the original recipe/almond in mine, layered with French butter cream. The meringue was wonderful, chewy and nutty and a tad crispy. The lack of real butter in my butter cream was disappointing but mattered little to the kids who haven't had anything frosted in a while. It was fun to try some new things. Thanks for the challenge Catherine!Links:
-For the complete challenge recipes visit our host, Catherine, at her blog Munchie Musings. The Sans Rival recipe is her creation. For the original Bibingka recipe and more Filipino food take a look at the site Jun-blog.
-My alterations this month were simple. Coconut oil in place of the butter in the Bibinka and no cheese. I used Spectrum Butter Flavor shortening in the butter cream, remember that it is unsalted and so you need to add salt to the egg yolks so that it will dissolve. The butter cream was flat tasting without any salt and added later it didn't dissolve. If I were to try this butter cream again I would try adding a single tablespoon of milk (almond or coconut) to cut the waxiness of the shortening. It did pipe beautifully though!
The chocolate Sans Rival
A vanilla frosted version requested by Alex
My banana plants
Their sacrificial leaf
My flock feasting on $1ea after Halloween pumpkins.
They graciously provided the eggs for this challenge.
Our dog Perfect, I'm recently trying to get her out with the poultry with the hope that I can train her to help in some way. Of course I have no idea what I'm doing but she is smart and obedient and starting to get over her puppy craziness.
