Parfait, either French or American, has a technical meaning. French parfait is a frozen custard—similar to ice cream but not …
Recipes For Sweets & Desserts
Sweet snacks and sweet meal enders. Includes recipes for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, cookie bars, puddings and ice cream.
No-bake Fruit and Cheese Dessert
Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you have to serve a good-looking dessert but you have neither the time nor …
Coconut Macaroons, the Filipino Way
I was under the impression that coconut macaroons were exclusively a Filipino thing. Then, I discovered that they are quite …
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 is almost …
Swirled Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies
If you're searching for the perfect Valentine's Day dessert, this should be on your Top 5 list. A melt-in-the-mouth red …
Double Chocolate Ice Cream
It's been a while since I last made ice cream. In fact, I had to exert some effort to locate each and every part of the ice …
Cashew Nut Baklava
Ever since I saw Alton Brown make baklava in his now-defunct TV show, Good Eats, I've been promising myself I'd try and make …
Fresh Tropical Fruit Salad
Christmas in the Philippines is rarely without fruit salad. And by "fruit salad" I mean drained canned fruit cocktail and …
Apple Cinnamon Waffles
There's plain waffle, there's savory waffle and there's dessert waffle—all of which can be cooked Belgian-style. These apple …
Guinataang Halo-halo
Guinataan means cooked with gata or coconut cream (or milk); halo-halo literally means mix-mix. Guinataang halo-halo is a …
Nutty Revel Bars
It's been raining for over a week and although I am loving the cool air, the gray skies also mean no food photography in the …
No-cook Banana, Yogurt and Chocolate Dessert
For those who feel that eating dessert is polluting the body, this is dessert without the guilt. Fresh lacatan bananas …
Alex’s Banoffee Cheesecake
Alex has dreamed of making banoffee cheesecake at home for two years. She asked and she asked... Finally, she made …
Brownie-crusted Strawberry Cheesecake
The blush-pink cheesecake is lighter and bit more tart than usual. The brownie crust is fudge-y where it touches the …
Fruit salad with cream cheese and whipped cream dressing
The truth is, I never liked the canned fruit cocktail salad that is traditionally served during the holidays in the …
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A not-so-usual fruitcake recipe
My mother was big on fruitcakes. Every year, she'd order fruitcakes by the dozen, we ate some over the holidays and the rest …