Puligi Samoan Steamed Spice Cake

Feb 25, 2022 9:45 AM

Writer:
Be Well Utah

Passing down recipes from era to era is a convention for a lot of Pacific Island cultures. Through the years we discover refined adjustments by every era to make it their very own. Chef Pomaikai from Taro Patch Catering remembers watching his Uncle make Puligi in a cracker pot over hearth at many household gatherings and now has introduced you his variation.

Cooking with PEAU (Pasifika Enriching Arts of Utah) is as a collaborative effort with Be Effectively Utah and College of Utah Well being to perform two targets:

1. to show folks cook dinner “conventional” Pacific Island dishes.
2. to supply more healthy choices for a number of the components in recipes steadily utilized by Pacific Islanders.

Puligi Samoan Steamed Spice Cake

Serves 12 Slices (measurement of slices might range)

Could also be served with conventional Haupia pudding thinned with slightly further non-fat milk to desired thickness.

Puligi Substances:

4 Cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp salt

1 ½ Cup Lowered Fats 2% Milk

1 Cup monk fruit sweetener

1 Cup Canola Oil

3 eggs

“Burnt” Sugar Substances:

2 Cup monk fruit sweetener*

2 cup water

*can add walnuts or raisins instead

Haupia Pudding Substances:

2 – 12 oz. cans of coconut cream

4 tbsp of corn starch

4 tbsp of monk fruit sugar

Baked Instructions:

• Grease Bundt pan properly with butter. Preheat oven to 350F.
• Prepare dinner sugar over excessive warmth, stirring continually, till it turns gentle, mahogany brown. Add water and incorporate.
• In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the flour, monk fruit sweetener, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and all spice.
• Combine collectively dry components, eggs, oil and milk. Add burnt sugar combination as soon as cooled, alternating about 1/3 of every at a time till easy; might not want all of burnt sugar combination. When batter is easy, pour into Bundt pan. Cowl tightly with foil and bake for about 60-75 minutes.
• Whereas Puigi is baking, combine coconut cream, corn starch and monk fruit sugar collectively, stirring steadily for 5-7 minutes over medium warmth till thickens to desired texture. Let cool. Could be substituted for powdered sugar.
• Take away from oven, let cool after which take away from Bundt pan. Serve both with powdered sugar or Haupia Pudding and Take pleasure in!

Steaming Instructions:

• Change Bundt pan with a do-it-yourself steamer.
• Take giant saucepan, place a small saucer the other way up on the backside and high with a private pan pizza rack. Prime with a metallic cullender and line the within of the cullender with Muslin.
• Pour batter into Muslin and pull every nook collectively and tie tight with a bit of muslin. Depart about 1” of house between batter and muslin knot.
• Add aluminum foil to guard water from coming into the muslin.
• Let steam for two – 2 1/2 hours.

Liliko`i

Substances:

1 Tbsp Gelatin

1/4 C Water

1/4 C Sugar

4 Eggs, separated

1/2 C Frozen ardour fruit juice, thawed

6 Tbsp Sugar

1 9-inch Baked pie shell (baked)

1 C Heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks

Instructions:

Soak gelatin in water.

Beat collectively 1/4 cup sugar and egg yolks until properly blended. Prepare dinner in high of double boiler stirring continually till combination is thick. Take away from warmth.

Add gelatin. Stir till it dissolves. Cool.

Add thawed out ardour fruit juice and beat until utterly mixed.

Chill till barely thick however don’t let it set.

Beat egg whites until gentle peaks kind. Progressively add 6 tablespoons sugar and proceed beating whites until they’re stiff.

Fold thick ardour fruit-gelatin combination into egg whites.

Pour into cooled baked pie shell.

Chill until agency.

Prime with whipped cream.