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Bibingka Espesyal (Bibingka Royale) »

Bibingka espesyal or Bibingka Royale or simply just bibingka to many, is very popular during Christmas season. It’s like a pancake with cheese and salted egg, sugar and grated fresh coconut topping-if only it’s as easy as pancake to make at home. Bibingka is a special rice cake made of rice dough called galapong [...]

August 22, 2011 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Chocolate Truffles Daifuku ( Latte Mochi with Chocolate Truffles Filling) »

I usually make chocolate truffles daifuku with milk flavored mochi until my sister-in-law told me of her favorite tiramisu mochi and it inspired me to add coffee to my mochi. And, oh-my- goodness… It’s sooo yummmi! Tip: Keep this particular daifuku chilled or the chocolate filling will soften. I suggest using a glove when making [...]

June 19, 2011 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Pain Perdu (Challah French Toast with Almonds) »

Pain Perdu is french toast , it literally means “lost bread”. I first saw this from Barefoot Contessa, I love the addition of sliced almonds and how thick and big each toast is and the strawberry makes it soo mouth-watering; while I was watching Ina make it, I was itching to try it too at [...]

May 9, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Re-post: Sweet Sticky Rice with Topping ( Bibingkang Kanin) »

Bibingkang kanin sweet sticky rice topped with coconut cream custard topping; it’s so yummy and I always feel like I could eat the whole thing by myself! It’s one of my favorite foods and one of my earliest posts, naturally but the photo is blurred, not good at all so I thought of posting it again with much clearer photos and a [...]

March 21, 2011 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Mochi Bites (Japanese Sweet Rice Cake) »

My kids love this very simple Japanese sweet treat; they can’t get enough of it. Mochi is glutinous rice cake, it’s very simple and very light especially if you use green tea or just water instead of coconut milk. (Mochi is quite similar to espasol - Filipino native delicacy made of toasted glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, so yummy!) Traditional [...]

March 19, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Grilled Nutella Pizza »

I thought..what if, I grill a pizza dough, spread some Nutella on it, top it with roasted nuts ( pecans, walnuts) and some craisins then sprinkle grated white chocolate on top (as cheese). Sounds good, right ? Well, it is! I just made up this dessert pizza over the weekend, it’s so good that I [...]

March 2, 2011 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Eton Mess »

I’ve never heard of Eton Mess before until Nigella Lawson ( aka Kitchen Goddess, whom I adore ) posted this on her facebook page. I knew I just had to make it; and not just because I love strawberries but also because it has got to be one of the easiest, yummiest dessert ever! Strawberrries are [...]

February 5, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Taho (Silken Tofu with caramel syrup and tapioca Balls) »

I love taho since I was a kid; I love watching the taho vendor precisely scoop silky bean curd into plastic transparent cups (he does it with 2-3 cups at a time) and watched how beautifully and deliciously the golden dark caramel syrup covered the white velvety tofu…oh, yum! (How I wish I can capture [...]

November 16, 2010 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Granola and Fruits Parfait »

This is a very delicious treat for breakfast or brunch, so easy to make if you already have granola and mixed fresh fruits salad on hand. It may look like a dessert, taste like it, but it’s very healthy and very heavy in the tummy-in a good way- because it’s loaded with fibers; in fact [...]

June 30, 2010 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Summer Fresh Fruits Salad »

One of the best thing about summer is the abundance of fresh fruits. We usually just wash, peel (if necessary) and eat fruits straight up like guavas, papayas, mangoes but sometimes there’s just too many different fruits at the same time and you need to eat them all at the same time and the perfect [...]

June 8, 2010 | Posted in Photo, Sweets | Read More »