Bibingka
BIBINGKA Bibingka ( / b ɪ ˈ b iː ŋ k ɑː / ; bi-BEENG-kah ) is a type of baked rice cake in Filipino cuisine that is cooked in terracotta oven lined with banana leaves and is usually eaten for breakfast or as merienda (mid-afternoon snack), especially during Christmas season.It also known as bingka in the Visayas and Mindanao islands. Bibingka can also be various other Filipino baked rice cakes, for example, those made with cassava flour (bibingka cassava / bibingkang kamoteng kahoy), glutinos rice (bibingkang malagkit), or plain flour. The origin of the name is unknown. The linguist Robert Blust hypothesizes that it was originally a loanword , likely from Malay [kue] bingka (a similar but different dish). However, the consistent partial reduplication of the word (bibingka) in the most Philippine Languages, is unexplain...
