Mamon

This utterly light and fluffy Pinoy bakery staple is the perfect accompaniment to the day’s first cup of coffee, or as a treat in a packed lunch. With a tender crumb and enough lift from baking powder and plenty of egg whites to make it a wonderfully airy treat, there’s little wonder why pusong mamon…

Biko

There are a couple of ways to make biko. One method is steaming the glutinous rice first until partially cooked and then finishing it off in a coconut milk-sugar syrup. The second method which I use is cooking the rice straight in the syrup. This method results to a biko that is richer in flavor…

Ensaymada

Ensaymada is a Filipino sweet pastry. This is said to be a variation of the Ensaimades, a similar bread that uses pork lard as an ingredient that originated in Majorca (the largest island of Spain). In the Philippines, this pastry is available in any neighborhood bakery and the well know bakeshop chains as well.  This is…