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    Filipino Desserts and Kakanin

    Are you craving for a Filipino dessert you enjoyed as a kid? Do you miss Filipino kakanin (delicacies)? You’ve come to the right place! Find all your FAVORITE and AUTHENTIC Filipino dessert and kakanin recipes here that you can easily recreate in the comforts of your own kitchen.

    My first recommendation would be everything and anything ube — from ube cake to ube halaya to ube ice cream. I also love making cassava cake with macapuno and brazo de mercedes. Explore and enjoy a delightful taste of home.

    • A bowl of ube champorado drizzled with milk.
      Creamy Ube Champorado
    • Closeup show of macapuno balls showing texture.
      Macapuno Balls
    • A slice of ube tres leches cake.
      Ube Tres Leches Cake
    • A slice of pistachio sans rival on a plate.
      The Best Pistachio Sans Rival
    • Fried Filipino tikoy.
      Tikoy (Nian Gao Filipino Style)
    • A slice of ube cake flan on a plate.
      Ube Cake Flan
    • Basque cheesecake showing the vibrant purple ube filling.
      Ube Basque Cheesecake
    • Hot pandesal with coco jam.
      Coconut Jam (Filipino Minatamis na Bao)
    • Ube pie with whipped coconut cream topping.
      Ube Pie (Filipino Purple Yam Pie)
    • Closeup shot of mamon showing fluffy texture.
      The Best Mamon Recipe
    • Freshly made maruya on a plate.
      Maruya (Filipino Banana Fritters)
    • Creamy ube butter spread on pandesal.
      Ube Butter Recipe
    • A bowl of banana con yelo.
      Saging con Yelo (Banana con Yelo) Recipe
    • Two glasses of mais con yelo.
      Mais con Yelo (Filipino Sweet Corn Dessert)
    • Close up shot of ube biko that shows chewy texture.
      Ube Biko with Latik
    • Close up shot of yema balls in a bowl.
      Easy Filipino Yema Balls Recipe
    • Soft and chewy espasol on a plate.
      Filipino Espasol — Easy Authentic Recipe
    • Slices of royal bibingka on plates.
      Royal Bibingka – Easy Authentic Recipe
    • A stack of ube hopia on a plate.
      Easy Delicious Ube Hopia
    • Food for the gods in a box.
      Food for the Gods – Filipino Date and Walnut Christmas Bars
    • Slices of ube mochi on a plate.
      Ube Mochi Recipe (Hawaiian Butter Mochi)
    • A slice of leche flan cake.
      Easy Leche Flan Cake
    • A slice of bibingkang malagkit.
      Bibingkang Malagkit Recipe
    • A slice of ube tiramisu on a plate.
      The Best Ube Tiramisu Recipe
    • A stack of crispy ube turon on a plate.
      Cheesy Ube Turon Recipe
    • A slice of bibingka cheesecake on a plate.
      The Best Bibingka Cheesecake Recipe
    • Chewy ube rice krispies on a plate.
      Ube Rice Krispies Treat
    • Ginataang mais in a yellow bowl.
      Ginataang Mais Recipe
    • Calamansi pie topped with whipped cream.
      Calamansi Pie Recipe
    • Close up shot of leche flan cupcakes.
      Flan Cupcakes Recipe
    • A slice of ube pound cake on a plate.
      Ube Pound Cake
    • Close up shot of a Brazo de Mercedes cake.
      Brazo de Mercedes (Recipe, Tips & More!)
    • Slice of taisan on a plate.
      Taisan (Filipino Chiffon Cake Recipe)
    • Close up shot of slice of ube roll cake.
      The Best Ube Roll Cake Recipe
    • Close up shot of mini ube tarts.
      How to Make Ube Tarts (Easy No-Fail Recipe)
    • Photo showing the inside of a pianono roll.
      The Best Pianono Roll Cake (Easy Recipe)
    • The Best Must-Try Ube Desserts
      The Best Must-Try Ube Desserts
    • Freshly baked Filipino coconut macaroons on a plate.
      Filipino Coconut Macaroons
    • Baked Ube Donuts Recipe
      Baked Ube Donuts Recipe
    • Ube Cookies Recipe
      Ube Cookies Recipe – Soft and Chewy

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