Category: Hawaiian

• mochi carrot cake

  

  For me it’s all about the rice flour substitute. If it was just regular flour, this would be a rather plain carrot cake. I usually like my carrot cake to be very moist, with pineapple chunks, walnuts, maybe even a little rum, and coconut flakes. I’m really glad I added the spices. I wasn’t going […]

  Dave G

  August 1, 2021

  baked goods, baking, cakes, dessert, food blogging, Hawaiian, muffins, snack, snack cakes, sweets

  butter mochi, carrot cake, hawaiian butter mochi cake, mochi cake, mochi carrot cake

• honey mochi muffins (guava, green tea, and tamarind)

  

  For May, I wanted something that is lighter and suited for springtime with pastel colors and things that don’t have to be heated for long periods of time at extremely high temperatures. So these are baked at 325 degrees F. for about 30 minutes, which isn’t too much heat. It’s just enough, however, to make […]

  Dave G

  May 1, 2019

  baked goods, baking, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, gluten-free, green tea, Guava, Hawaiian, island food, matcha, muffins, snack, tamarind, tropical

  bibingka, gluten-free muffins, green tea, Guava, matcha, mochi muffins, mochiko flour, Rice flour, tamarind

• cassava cake with macapuno

  

  I know what you are thinking. “Um…this is not a cake.”  I kinda agree. These are more like bars to me. But not anytime while I was growing up did I hear anyone call them bars. It’s always been called cassava cake. I was tempted to call them “cassava bars” here. But I feel I need to […]

  Dave G

  March 26, 2016

  baked goods, baking, bars, cakes, christmas, dessert, filipino food, food blogging, gluten-free, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, snack, vegan

  bars, cassava, cassava cake, coconut, filipino, gelatinous, gluten-free, macapuno, mutant coconut, tapioca root, vegan, yucca

• okinawan sweet potato cake with macapuno

  

  Hi there! I feel like I’ve been away for such a long time, but it has only been about a week. I feel like there have been many times this week that I was all ready to start experimenting in the kitchen, and something would come up. Or I wouldn’t have all the ingredients for […]

  Dave G

  August 17, 2014

  baked goods, baking, cakes, dessert, filipino food, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, quick bread, snack cakes

  cake, macapuno, okinawan sweet potato, okinawan sweet potato cake with macapuno, purple sweet potato, ube, young coconut

• coconut panna cotta with macadamia caramel sauce

  

  I so wanted to “put the lime in the coconut” for this recipe, and I actually did put some lime earlier in the caramel sauce on a recipe test run, but it turned out to overpower the subtle delicate flavor of the coconut. I still may tinker with this recipe, maybe even remake it into […]

  Dave G

  May 29, 2014

  baked goods, baking, dessert, filipino food, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, panna cotta

  caramel sauce, coco lopez, coconut cream, coconut milk, coconut panna cotta, dariole, gelatin, macadamia nuts, panna cotta, toasted flaked coconut

• spam musubi bites

  

  After making and eating spam musubi last week, I began to think of ways to make them more of a bite size appetizer. But how? Then I saw this! And I realized that a cheaper alternative was right within reach–in my freezer! I realized that I didn’t need to buy a fancy rice cube maker, because I […]

  Dave G

  May 21, 2014

  appetizer, cheap, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, savory

  appetizer, Guam, Hawaii, hawaiian, island food, spam, spam musubi, spam musubi bites

• spam musubi

  

  I made these over the weekend. I apologize for not taking more pictures, especially for not having pictures that show the process of making them, but it’s sometimes hard to always have a camera ready, especially when your kitchen has no counter space, and your hands are sticky from all the food and ingredients and […]

  Dave G

  May 13, 2014

  appetizer, filipino food, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, savory, side dish

  island food, musubi, spam, spam musubi