Desserts

Ampaw or Ampao (Filipino puffed rice), is a favorite Cebuano snack. A popular ampao in Cebu is the ampaw carcar; it's a bar-shaped puffed rice snack with peanuts. It’s puffy, crunchy, sweet, sticky, and simply delicious. Usually, the dish is made of left-over rice, sun-dried, and cooked until puffy. This snack gets  more popular and is now made commercially and sold locally or even abroad. 

This fun snack is a kid’s favorite, and even adults love and enjoy it. This is a must-try recipe; it is very easy to make.

Cassava suman or suman kamoteng kahoy is a delicious Filipino delicacy eaten as a dessert or snack. Making this recipe is very simple and easy.

This Ube Jelly Buko Salad Recipe is perfect to serve on any occasion. The dessert dish is made of sweet young coconut combined with diced ube-flavored gelatine and cooked tapioca pearls, or sago. Then mix together with milk sweeteners and chill for a couple of hours to have a delicious cold desert. This Filipino cold dessert is often served at birthday parties and town fiestas. Try this dessert dish; it is really simple and quick to make.

This recipe of kalamay hati is so delicious; it is one of my favorite kakanin, a Filipino rice cake recipe. It tastes sweet and sticky; this rice cake dish is perfect as a dessert or a snack. The dish is made of glutinous rice along with coconut milk and sugar. It is constantly stirred while cooking until the mixture thickens and forms a smooth dough. After cooking, it is topped with latik, a coconut milk curd, or crushed peanuts. Try this straightforward kalamay hati recipe. Let us know what you think of this Filipino recipe.

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Masi, or peanut-stuffed sticky rice balls, is one of the best kakanin specialty foods in Cebu. The authentic Masi is made of “Tapul Pilit” glutinous rice; Bisaya means "purple." To make the Masi, the rice dough is formed into a small ball, filled with a peanut mixture, and cooked in boiling water. The dish is snack-bite -sized; it is delightful, soft, sweet, chewy, and nutty; it's perfect to consume for a hungry stomach. In this recipe, we use white glutinous rice with peanut mixture fillings. Try this authentic Cebuano recipe; it is quick and super easy to make, and in just less than 30 minutes, you have your "masi," or peanut-stuffed sticky rice balls. By the way, if you don’t like peanuts, substitute them with your prepared nuts if desired.

This is a one-of-a-kind snack that holds a special place in Filipino culture, particularly among those living in the provinces and remote areas. Kamoteng Kahoy, commonly known as "cassava" or "tapioca plant" in English and "balanghoy" in Bisaya, is a versatile root crop that can be prepared in countless ways. In this recipe, we’ve chosen to boil it with coconut milk, creating a dish that’s rich, creamy, and bursting with flavor. The coconut milk not only enhances the natural sweetness of the cassava but also adds a delightful tropical aroma that makes this snack truly irresistible.

How to make taho recipe from scratch? Making homemade taho is not as hard as you think. Soy beans are the key ingredient, added with sweeteners to make a delicious taho, a Filipino delicacy that comes along with sago or tapioca pearls, and brown sugar syrup. This well-known Filipino sweet dessert is sold on the streets by a lot of taho vendors. You can eat this delicious vegan soy treat for breakfast or whenever you need a quick energy boost. Furthermore, it's perfect for merienda or any other time of day when you're craving taho. Taho is traditionally eaten without condensed milk. Condensed milk is added to the ingredient list in this recipe. If preferred, serve the taho with a drizzle of condensed milk to give more flavor to the dish.The Filipino taho is delicious and perfect to serve your entire family. Try making this simple taho at home. Please share your opinions on this dish. We'd love to hear about your taho recipe. Please share it with us. Thanks.

Bingka Dawa, or millet rice cake, is so delicious, and its origin is from the town of Asturias, Cebu, Philippines. Bingka is the Filipino rice cake; bingka dawa is the Asturian version of bingka in Cebu. In very old times, the local farmers came up with the idea to make the traditional bingka more appetizing, delicious, and with a unique texture. They added dawa, or millet, to the traditional bingka ingredients. That is the short story of how the Bingka Dawa was born, as far as I know. Since I’m a fanatic for bingka dawa because of the taste and texture, I decided to copycat the recipe. Luckily, I got a good result; it tasted quite similar to my favorite bingka daw in Asturias, Cebu, Philippines. The original bingka dawa from Asturias, Cebu, is cooked with charcoal and coconut husk. Maybe many Filipinos aren't familiar with this recipe yet. Try this recipe, and I'm sure you and your entire family will enjoy and love the dish. Let us know what you think of the recipe. We'd love to hear from you; share your bingka version with us.

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Carrot muffins recipe are so tasty and healthy that they're ideal treats to serve for the entire family. I prepared to serve muffins as snacks compared to cupcakes because muffins are dense, moist, and low in sugar. Cupcakes are a lot sweeter than muffins; they have a soft and spongy texture. This muffin recipe is made of grated carrot, flour, and sweetener. An apple was added to the recipe list to make it healthier. Try this straightforward muffin recipe with ease. Simply follow the easy instructions provided below. Let us know what you think of this homemade treat.