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Mexican Coffee Bun (rotiboy)
Mexican Coffee Bun (Rotiboy) – Sweet bun with coffee topping and butter filling. It’s popular in Malaysia and Asia. Easy Mexican coffee bun recipe.
I have long heard about the legendary Mexican coffee bun or Rotiboy, a made-in-Malaysia bun with a crusty coffee topping and butter filling.
The word “Mexican” might be misleading but this bun originated from a bakery in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, and now Mexican coffee bun is famous all over Asia, with many bakeries and copycat bakeries selling this popular Mexican coffee bun.
I finally had a chance to taste this aromatic and wonderful bun when I was home in Penang earlier this year.
For the Mexican coffee bun recipe, I turned to my contributor Siew Loon. Check it out and hope you get to try this bun soon.
Contributor: Ho Siew Loon
Recently an old friend of mine who has migrated to Australia started a small Malaysian bakery called Papparoti selling coffee-flavoured buns which happens to be one of my daughter’s favorite.
This has inspired me to revisit this Mexican coffee bun recipe and get to work.
The aroma of this Mexican coffee bun bun is really tantalizing and makes you just want to eat it piping hot.
Mexican Coffee Bun is a bun stuffed with butter and has a very crispy coffee pastry topping.
It is made popular by this Malaysian bakery called Rotiboy and now this bun is commonly known as “Rotiboy” in Malaysia and throughout Asia.
This coffee bun is also a very popular snack in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and even Korea.
Mexican coffee bun is best eaten when it’s just off the oven and fresh.
The joy of baking this Mexican coffee bun or rotiboy is as fun as the joy of eating it hot and fresh.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 580 calories per serving.
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Mexican Coffee Bun (Rotiboy)
Ingredients
For the Bun:
- 17 oz Bread Flour
- 3 oz Castor Sugar
- 9 g Salt
- 1 oz Milk Powder, optional
- 0.5 oz Dry Yeast
- 2 oz Butter
- 280 ml Water
- 1 large Egg
Topping:
- 7 oz Butter
- 5 oz Powdered Sugar, Sieved
- 3 Large Eggs (Lightly beaten)
- 7 oz Cake Flour
- 1 tablespoon Instant Coffee ( + 2TBSP Hot Water or 3 TBSP Espresso)
- 1 tablespoon Coffee Liquor ( or 1 TBSP Coffee Essence optional)
Filling:
- 3.5 oz Butter
Instructions
For the Bun:
- Add all the dry ingredients. Mix it thoroughly.
- Gradually add in water and egg mixture and knead on medium speed for about 10 minutes. (Use the DOUGH HOOK)
- Slowly add in butter and continue kneading till you get a shining and elastic dough. (Note: Dough should be able to stretch without breaking)
- Cover dough with a cloth. Leave to proof for about 40 minutes or till dough has doubled in size.
- When dough is proofing, prepare topping.
Topping:
- Beat butter and sugar till pale in color.
- Gradually add in egg.
- Fold in flour on low speed.
- Add in coffee mixture and liquor. Mix till combined. Set aside.
To Make Bun:
- Remove the dough and on a lightly floured surface, punch dough down to release the air.
- Divide dough in 25 g (1 oz.) each. Roll it out in to a small circle and insert 1 tsp butter into each bun. Wrap it up.
- Leave the ready bun to proof for about 45 minutes or double in size.
- Put the cream topping into a pipping bag and pump out the cream in circles around the bun.
- Bake at 215°C (419°F) for 18 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
I want to make these. How many does this make? I doubled the recipe. It states to make 25 gr size balls? It just seems small for the amount weight wise of the ingredients. 1 oz is 28 gr…is the recipe using 25 gr an oz. I redid the measurements according to 28 gr an oz.
This is just what mine weighed roughly. 25-28gr is perfect. One recipe makes roughly 8 buns.
Yup
Tried this recipe and my friends and sons love it. A friend said the taste is similar with the original coffee buns she had when she visited Malaysia. How to store the dough though. I plan to make the dough a day ahead before i need it. Thanks. Love this recipe.
Tried this recipe and the bread its so pillowy soft.
Super yummy
Could I use instant yeast instead?
Yes.
When you mention butter is salted butter? Right?
Unsalted.