Puto bumbong is a Filipino purple rice cake steamed in bamboo tubes. It is traditionally sold during the Christmas season. It is a type of puto.
Puto bumbong
Puto bumbong
Puto bumbong and bibingka, two dishes commonly eaten during the Christmas season in the Philippines
Puto bumbong vendor packing rice into bamboo tubes for steaming
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten. Common variations include cakes made with rice flour, those made from ground rice, and those made from whole grains of rice compressed together or combined with some other binding substance.
A birthday cake of tteok (Korean rice cake)
Puffed rice cakes, sold commercially in North America and Europe
Num Plae Ai (ផ្លែអាយ) Khmer sticky rice balls with coconut topping
Ciba cake with Brown Sugar and roasted soybean flour