Puto Cheese: Steamed Filipino Rice Cakes
Puto cheese is soft, lightly sweet, and steamed until fluffy, with a salty cheese cap that makes every bite pop.
Pumpkin Pie Hopia: Filipino-American Holiday Pastry
Pumpkin pie hopia wraps spiced pumpkin filling in a flaky pastry for a Filipino-American holiday bite.
Pandesal Bread Pudding with Coconut Caramel
Pandesal bread pudding turns day-old rolls into a warm, custardy dessert with coconut caramel soaking into every edge.
Palitaw: Filipino Rice Cakes with Coconut and Sesame
Palitaw is chewy, sweet, and simple: little rice cakes that float when cooked, then get covered in coconut, sugar, and sesame.
Leche Flan: Silky Filipino Caramel Custard
Leche flan is dense, silky, and rich, with a soft caramel syrup that slides over every slice.
Kakanin Guide: Filipino Rice Cakes and Coconut Sweets
Kakanin is the sweet, sticky, coconut-rich world of Filipino rice cakes, from biko and bibingka to puto, kutsinta, palitaw, and sapin-sapin.
Halo-Halo: Filipino Shaved Ice Dessert
Halo-halo is colorful, icy, creamy, chewy, crunchy, and built for mixing everything together at the table.
Ensaymada: Filipino Brioche with Butter, Sugar, and Cheese
Ensaymada is soft, rich, buttery, sweet, and finished with a snowy layer of sugar and grated cheese.
Coconut Ube Banana Pudding
Coconut ube banana pudding layers creamy ube custard, bananas, cookies, and coconut for a Filipino-American party dessert.
Coconut Calamansi Banana Bread with Ube Swirl
This banana bread is familiar and new at once, with coconut richness, calamansi brightness, and an optional ube swirl.