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, ...

Puto is the kind of kakanin you can always find during a celebration alongside its partner-in-crime, pancit or spaghetti. This delicious kakanin usually comes in smaller sizes but if you know you're feeding a crowd of puto fans, you should opt for a cake-sized puto from ...

Chinese New Year is synonymous with feasting on lots of great Chinese eats—and one of the foods specifically associated with the occasion is nian gao, more popularly known as tikoy. This traditional rice cake is often made with glutinous rice flour, wheat ...

How to make maja blanca without coconut milk means you have the option to use other kinds of milk to make a creamy maja blanca recipe.This popular Filipino dessert is usually made with coconut milk or cream, sweet kernel corn, sugar, and cornstarch. It ...

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 ...

No Filipino celebration is complete without a bilao or two of the pudding-like kakanin known as maja or maja blanca. Though it most commonly highlights the pure and creamy taste of coconut milk, we recently spotted a version that takes the dessert ...

Christmas is never complete without bibingka and puto bumbong, two buttery rice cakes that are usually enjoyed during the holidays. Although you can’t go wrong with these classics, you can also be a little more adventurous and try a different take on it, like ...

Christmas won't feel the same way this year unless a Christmas miracle comes along and we get hold of the COVID-19 vaccine. But until then, there are ways we can still have a semblance of the holidays at home. If one of your ...

Is the day really complete without delicious merienda? If your favorite afternoon snacks include all-time favorites like kakanin, then you should definitely try a leveled-up version that combines kakanin with other favorites like ube halaya and leche flan. The next time you ask yourself "What should we eat for ...

Tita Lea's black kutsinta are popular for a reason: they are chewy molasses-flavored kutsinta paired with a caramel sauce and toasted coconut. The business began in 2014 when Lea Paez moved to Baguio City from Malabon. She now serves and sells Malabon ...

Most of us grew up trying at least one kind of kakanin or rice cake: The puto or the pichi-pichi that came from the store, the colorful and layered sapin-sapin at family celebrations, or even the biko your grandparents made at home. ...

While it’s easy to make a classic puto, you can always have a little fun when making this Pinoy classic kakanin, too. You can add different ingredients to make it more interesting, like what we did with this cheese puto, leche flan ...

We all love a classic puto bumbong, whether it’s the holidays or not. There’s great comfort in biting into this purple-hued glutinous rice, served with a slab of butter, and then sprinkled with coconut meat and muscovado sugar. But with all the ...

Newbie cooks don't have to be intimidated about making dessert. While there are many no-bake recipes that can satisfy your need for something sweet, we think you don't have to look too far from the ingredients you're comfortable working with to make something ...

One of the most popular and well-loved kakanin is the puto. Also known as the steamed rice cake, puto comes in many forms. It can be found as mini muffin-sized bites and can even be found as steamed in a large bilao if ...

Steamed rice cakes is a truly Asian thing. Only in Asia will you find steamed rice cakes, or more commonly known as puto, in varying shapes, sizes, and flavors. The recipes are usually not difficult to follow and do but there are a few ...