Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts
We can make our own banana cake in as much as bananas particularly “bonolan” are common in the Philippines. In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, cream the butter with sugar and eggs until it is light and fluffy. We have to add the whole eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. We then add the flour mixture alternately with the cream mixture. Then add the mashed bananas. Place the cake batter in a prepared baking pan and bake for one hour. Let cool and the banana cake is ready for eating.
Hospitality is one of the good characteristics of Filipinos but besides that they are known for their thoughtfulness. A simple gesture that means a lot as giving a “pasalubong”. A famous pasalubong is polvoron which is easy to prepare . We just toast the flour and pinipig separately over moderate heat until golden brown. Let it cool then mix the sugar, powdered milk and pinipig and butter. We then mold the polvoron and wrap it with Japanese paper or water cellophane. Polvoron maybe considered modest compared to other sweets or dessert but it is tasty.
One common dessert prepared during fiesta in the Philippines is tapioca. Preparing it is so easy. We just have the following ingredients for one recipe. We need 2 kilos of tapioca, 2 large cans of condensed milk, 1 tall can of evaporated milk, 2 glasses of nata de coco, a can of nestle cream, a box of all purpose
cream and 2 kilos of sweet ripe mangoes cut into cubes. Combine all ingredients and chill. Tapioca is now ready to serve.
With the soaring prices of bread, it is but natural for us to find ways to make use of leftover breads. One of them is by making bread pudding. Leftover bread must be cut into cubes. In a bowl, soak bread and raisins in a mixture of milk, water, eggs, and sugar for 30 minutes. Then add a little margarine and cubed cheese. Blend in vanilla or lemon extract. Pour into a baking pan top with grated cheese and raisins Bake for one hour over a basin of water to prevent the pudding from burning. There you have something to eat for merienda.
5 cups cassava, grated
2 cups sugar
1 cup powdered whole milk
2 eggs, beaten
5 cups coconut milk
Toppings:
Cheese, grated
Condensed milk
1. Mix thoroughly the first four ingredients
2. Add coconut milk and mix well
3. Pour into a greased baking pan
4. Bake in moderate heat for about 45 minutes or until the top is almost dry
5. Remove from oven
6. Pour condensed milk evenly on top of cassava cake then sprinkle with cheese
7. Bake again until golden brown or until cheese and milk melt.
Yield: 15” x 15” baking pan = 24
Serving ( 2.5” x 2.5”)
Ripe mangoes are abundant during summer time so people usually make mango float which is delicious for dessert. The ingredients are 1 condensed milk (large), 1 pack of all purpose cream, graham crackers, and ripe mangoes sliced thinly. In a pan, spread evenly the graham crackers. Then cover it with the mixture of condensed milk and all purpose cream. Then put mangoes for the next layer. Repeat the process until it is three inches thick. The last layer must be crushed graham crackers. This is good for one recipe.
One can see banana and camote cue commonly sold by vendors at the sidewalk of schools. They are very saleable for they don’t cost much. They are very easy to prepare. Just cut the ripe bananas and camote to desired sizes. Heat the oil and then put enough sugar. Once it’s hot, put the bananas and camotes. Upon seeing that they are covered with sugar, the cues are now cooked. Place it in barbeque sticks. Photo by: Photo Credit: nikyfedalizo
Another mouth-watering dessert is the leche flan. Eggs and milk are the main ingredients. For one recipe, we need six eggs, one large tin of condensed milk and one large tin of the evaporated milk. First step is to separate the egg white from the egg yolk. Then mix the egg yolk well but do not beat for it might produce bubbles in your leche flan. Add the condensed milk followed by the evaporated milk. Flavoring like vanilla may be added. Heat sugar in a flat bottomed pan. When sugar is caramelized pour it in the molder followed by the egg mixture, then cover with aluminum foil and cook it in a double boiler for one hour. Leche Flan is cooked by steam. Photo by: reese
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