Kakanin Guide: Filipino Rice Cakes and Coconut Sweets
June 23, 2026
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
June 23, 2026
Halo-halo is colorful, icy, creamy, chewy, crunchy, and built for mixing everything together at the table.
Cassava Cake: Filipino Coconut Cassava Dessert
June 23, 2026
Cassava cake is chewy, creamy, coconut-rich, and built for slicing into golden squares.
Buko Pandan: Filipino Coconut Pandan Dessert
June 23, 2026
Buko pandan is cool, creamy, fragrant, and full of young coconut and green pandan jelly.
Biko: Filipino Sticky Rice Cake with Coconut Caramel
June 23, 2026
Biko is sticky, coconut-rich, and topped with a dark caramel layer that makes every square taste like a celebration.
Burikat (Pan de Regla): Soft Filipino Bread with Sweet Red Pudding Filling
June 12, 2026
Make Burikat, also called Pan de Regla or Kalihim, with soft homemade dough and a sweet red bread-pudding filling.