Sweets & Desserts Archives - CASA Veneracion

Grated cassava is mixed with sugar, milk and coconut milk, and baked until lightly browned. Coconut custard is poured over the cake and back into the oven it goes until the custard is nicely browned. Cassava bibingka (cake) with coconut custard topping is a lovely introduction to Filipino desserts.

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Cassava Bibingka (Cake) With Coconut Custard Topping

Grated cassava is mixed with sugar, milk and coconut milk, and baked until lightly browned. Coconut custard...

Turon is a sweet spring roll with ripe banana filling

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Cheesy turon (banana spring rolls)

Still making turon with strips of langka (jackfruit)? Too boring… try strips of cheese. Turon will never...

It’s like biko but better. Cook the glutinous rice in coconut milk. Spread in a greased baking dish, top with salted caramel, sprinkle with desiccated coconut and bake. It’s so good.

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Bibingkang Malagkit (Sticky Rice Cake)

It’s like biko but better. Cook the glutinous rice in coconut milk. Spread in a greased baking...

Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

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Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

I’ve long been intrigued by the red velvet cake. I had a recipe for the cupcake version...

Addictive little buggers, these Chinese egg cakes are sponge-y and light, and lovely with tea. So easy to make because there is no need to separate the egg yolks from the white.

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Chinese Egg Cakes

Addictive little buggers, these Chinese egg cakes are sponge-y and light, and lovely with tea. So easy...

Mascarpone sweetened with sugar and made richer with eggs are dropped by tablespoonfuls into wine glasses and topped with lady fingers soaked in espresso. Another layer of mascarpone goes on top of the biscuits and the tiramisu in wine glasses are garnished with grated chocolate. It's divine.

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Tiramisu, Party Style

Into the bottom of wine glasses, mascarpone sweetened with sugar and made richer with eggs is dropped...

A popular snack in Malaysia, these coconut pandan crepes are made with coconut milk and fresh pandan extract. The filling is a mixture of melted palm sugar and freshly grated coconut.

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Coconut Pandan Crepes (Kuih Dadar)

A popular snack in Malaysia, these coconut pandan crepes are made with coconut milk and fresh pandan...

Brown earth covered with a blanket of snow. That's the image that chocolate crinkle cookies evoke and, hence, its association with wintertime in Christmas.

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Christmas Cookie Series: Chocolate Crinkles

While chocolate crinkles are ordinary bakery items in the Philippines, in some countries, they are Christmas treats...

This holiday season, make family and friends feel special by gifting them with a box of dates and nuts chocolate bark. Wicked good and so easy to make.

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Dates and Nuts Chocolate Bark

This holiday season, make family and friends feel special by giving them a box of dates and...

Palitaw is a Filipino rice cake cooked in boiling water, dredged in freshly grated coconut and sprinkled with sugar mixed with toasted sesame seeds.

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Palitaw

What is palitaw? Palitaw is a Filipino snack made with galapong—a soft dough or batter (depending on...

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Double Berry Banana Ice Pops

If you have young children, you’ll have a lot of fun making these double berry banana popsicles...

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Choco Peanut Butter Funfetti Squares

I baked these choco peanut butter funfetti squares once but haven’t had a chance to do it...

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Alex’s Mango Icebox Cake

Yes, it is possible to make a great dessert without an oven and even if you’re not...

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Alex’s Fruit Tart

It’s the perfect summer dessert. Light, buttery crust. Thick but not overly sweet custard. Fruit slices. You...

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Alex’s Dark Chocolate Eclairs

In response to my list of suggested desserts for The Ultimate Backyard Barbecue Party, a reader e-mailed...

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Alex’s Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies

My daughters love giving food gifts. Sam is planning on making the cake for the first birthday...

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Profiteroles (Cream Puffs)

What’s the difference between cream puffs, profiteroles and eclairs? I guess it depends on where you are....

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Alex’s Blueberry Lemon Streusel Cake

The wonders that a little lemon zest can do to a cake. This blueberry lemon streusel cake...

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Alex’s Churros Con Chocolate

Story has it that when the Portuguese sailed East, they paid attention to the delectable food they...

Alex's Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies With Cream Cheese Filling

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Alex’s Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies With Cream Cheese Filling

Last December, I had this grand plan of creating multi-colored and multi-flavored variants of chocolate crinkle cookies....

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Yogurt and Strawberries, Parfait-style

Parfait, either French or American, has a technical meaning. French parfait is a frozen custard—similar to ice...

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No-bake Fruit and Cheese Dessert

Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you have to serve a good-looking dessert but...

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Coconut Macaroons, the Filipino Way

I was under the impression that coconut macaroons were exclusively a Filipino thing. Then, I discovered that...

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Valentine’s Day Broken Glass Jello

If you’re no expert (yet) at making picture-perfect desserts but you want to make something red and sweet that...

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Sweets & Desserts

Cassava Bibingka (Cake) With Coconut Custard Topping

Cheesy turon (banana spring rolls)

Bibingkang Malagkit (Sticky Rice Cake)

Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Chinese Egg Cakes

Tiramisu, Party Style

Coconut Pandan Crepes (Kuih Dadar)

Christmas Cookie Series: Chocolate Crinkles

Dates and Nuts Chocolate Bark

Palitaw

Double Berry Banana Ice Pops

Choco Peanut Butter Funfetti Squares

Alex’s Mango Icebox Cake

Alex’s Fruit Tart

Alex’s Dark Chocolate Eclairs

Alex’s Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies

Profiteroles (Cream Puffs)

Alex’s Blueberry Lemon Streusel Cake

Alex’s Churros Con Chocolate

Alex’s Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies With Cream Cheese Filling

Yogurt and Strawberries, Parfait-style

No-bake Fruit and Cheese Dessert

Coconut Macaroons, the Filipino Way

Valentine’s Day Broken Glass Jello

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