Anyone who loves puto, bibingkang malagkit, kutsinta, and other kakanin know that these dessert and snack recipes are usually made better when another flavor is introduced to the dish. Rarely will you find kakanin made with overwhelming flavors that you no longer know what you're eating. ...

What do you get when you mash together suman and leche flan into one dessert? You get this awesome Filipino kakanin recipe. Leche flan may a favorite dessert for Pinoys. You can't help but be lured to anything that's got that creamy egg custard! If ...

The most obvious tell-tale sign that the four-month-long Christmas season has already started in the Philippines is not the Christmas lights nor is it putting up the Christmas tree. Christmas in the Philippines starts with Jose Mari Chan memes and playing Jose ...

Rice flour is the essential ingredient for a lot of kakanin! Whether you're thinking of making cheese puto, sapin-sapin, or an easy bibingka recipe for Christmas, you'll be needing some rice flour to make these delicious local dessserts. Did you know that there are different kinds of rice flour ...

Sapin-sapin is a Filipino rice cake made of glutinous rice flour and coconut milk (gata) and is topped with toasted coconut curd (latik). The chewy colorful layers also have flavors: the yellow has langka (jackfruit) flavors, the violet layer is ube-flavored, while the ...

Rice cakes or kakanin are traditional Filipino desserts. Before wheat flour, we had rice flour and this was commonly made either dry or wet or galapong. Two favorite rice cake dishes made from galapong have to be the puto and the bibingka. Both are traditionally made with rice flour, coconut milk, ...

Who doesn’t love the sweet taste of biko? A staple kakanin for every Filipino household, it’s a true Pinoy snack that will never let you down. And ordering it from a store wittily named Mayor Biko? Even better!As the name suggests, this ...

Do you love eating corn recipes that are creamy, especially if it's in dessert form? If you do, then you might be a fan of the creamy corn dessert called maja blanca. This popular Filipino dessert is usually made with coconut milk or cream, ...

Cavite is one of those places you shouldn't miss if you love food. There are different kinds of pancit, kakanin, and dishes that you can only find here. We revisited our trip to Cavite and on our eat-inerary: bibingkoy, quesillo, pancit pusit ...

It's a known fact that many traditions vary from region to region. The Visayas in particular has a colorful culture that is different from what those in other regions enjoy.Breakfast is one such instance where the Visayans may differ. Where one might have a bowl ...

Pichi-pichi is a well-loved Filipino delicacy made with grated cassava, sugar, and pandan water. It's a soft, chewy steamed cake that's topped with grated coconut, but arguably better when it's topped with grated cheese. It’s good on its own, but definitely better if you ...

Ube fans, we just found your new favorite merienda! Kakanin Klub launched an Ube Kakanin Platter last October to celebrate their second month anniversary.The Ube Kakanin Platter is filled with a serving of Ube Puto with cheese on top, Ube Kutsinta with yema sauce, Ube Puto ...

Asians grew up eating rice, so it's no wonder that you find it as an ingredient not just for its main meals but also in its desserts, especially using sticky rice or bigas na malagkit. Also known as a kakanin recipe when made into desserts, this rice dessert is ...