Pichi-pichi is a Filipino delicacy made of grated cassava and coconut juice. Soft, chewy , steamed and becomes glutinous and coated with grated coconut. Whether as a snack or dessert, pichi-pichi is always a pleasure to eat!
Cebu Torta Cake is quite a popular mini cake in the Visayas and all of Cebu. If you haven’t got the Torta molds you can use a big deep muffin tin, greased and lined. Torta’s in Cebu are special cakes consist of “ Tuba ” or coconut liquor, as the leavening agent. They cook it in a clay oven. But this is a simplified recipe but still taste as good as the classic recipe.
Cebu Torta Cake is quite a popular mini cake in the Visayas and all of Cebu. If you haven’t got the Torta molds you can use a big deep muffin tin, greased and lined. Torta’s in Cebu are special cakes consist of “ Tuba ” or coconut liquor, as the leavening agent. They cook it in a clay oven. But this is a simplified recipe but still taste as good as the classic recipe.
A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter.
A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter.
Soft and fluffy Coconut Bread filled with sweetened coconut filling.
Pan de coco, literally “coconut bread” in Spanish, is a rich sweet roll that uses sweetened shredded coconut meat as filling. It is a popular snack bread in the Philippines.
Puto cuchinta or kutsinta or brown rice cake is a type of steamed rice cake found throughout the Philippines. It is made from a mixture of tapioca or rice flour, brown sugar and lye, enhanced with yellow food coloring or annatto extract, and steamed in small ramekins.
Puto cuchinta or kutsinta or brown rice cake is a type of steamed rice cake found throughout the Philippines. It is made from a mixture of tapioca or rice flour, brown sugar and lye, enhanced with yellow food coloring or annatto extract, and steamed in small ramekins.
The classic puto is made with rice flour but this easy puto version is one you can make at home: you can use all-purpose flour and topped with cheddar cheese or salted egg.
Puto are Filipino steamed rice cakes, traditionally made from fermented rice dough. It is eaten as is or as an accompaniment to a number of savoury dishes like dinuguan (pork blood stew) or pancit. The classic puto is made with rice flour but this easy puto version is one you can make at home: you can use all-purpose flour instead of rice and topped with cheddar cheese or salted egg.
The favorite Filipino snack ensaymada, I remember when we were little and my mother would bake this sweet pastry that’s baked golden then coated with buttercream frosting and topped with lots of grated cheese, one piece will never be enough.
Recipes by Lucelle 