Category: island food

• bibingka

  

  “Just eat it, otherwise they’ll feel bad.” That’s what a nun told me when I was offered some bibingka. I was about 8 years old. And that phrase stuck with me all these years whenever I see or think of bibingka. Even though I no longer have an aversion to it. I was an altar […]

  Dave G

  December 5, 2021

  baked goods, baking, buns, christmas, coconut, dessert, filipino food, food blogging, gluten-free, island food, quick bread, snack, sweets

  bibingka, bibingka espesyal, bibingkang, bibingkang galapong, coconut rice cakes, filipino rice cake, sweet and salty

• guava meringue pie

  

  Greetings! I can’t believe half the year is already over! I’ve been enjoying my days off experimenting in the kitchen immensely. It’s a luxury that I hope I never take for granted. Even though we don’t have a large kitchen at all, I’ve been putting my laptop and work stool on the narrow space between […]

  Dave G

  June 6, 2021

  baked goods, baking, dessert, food blogging, Guava, island food, pie, sweets, tart

  guava meringue pie, lime, meringue, meringue pie

• boñelos aga

  

  These are banana donuts. Or doughnuts, whichever you prefer. The recipe is from Guam, but I added a few ingredients that are usually not in the original recipe, like vanilla extract and cinnamon. There is another traditional donut recipe that utilizes a specific yam instead of bananas, but that kind of yam is difficult to […]

  Dave G

  March 14, 2021

  baked goods, baking, bananas, chamorro, chamorro food, food blogging, Guam, island food, sweets

  air fryer donuts, banana donuts, bonelos aga, chamorro donuts, Chamorro food, chamoru, doughnuts, Guam donuts

• guava poppy seed quick bread with cream cheese icing

  

  This is a quick, tall, not too dense quick bread that is moist and has good flavors! What more could you ask for? Have you ever wondered whether you can substitute cream cheese for the butter in a cake or quick bread? It turns out you can, but you may want to add a little […]

  Dave G

  December 27, 2020

  baked goods, baking, food blogging, Guava, island food, quick bread, quickbread, snack, tea, tea loaf, teacake

  Guava, guava bread, guava juice concentrate, guava quick bread, tea cake

• guguria

  

  After six years since the first (and last) time I made these, I finally figured out how to make these properly. In the back of my mind, it’s been bugging me. There are probably a handful of recipes from this blog that I’m just a little dissatisfied with; recipes that I’d like to retry or […]

  Dave G

  June 22, 2020

  baked goods, baking, cookies, food blogging, Guam, island food

  chamorro cookies, Chamorro food, coconut milk, coconut milk cookies, guam cookies, guguria, guyuria, indian, kalkals, kulkuls, sweet curls, vegan, vegetarian

• 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

• pandan lime snack cake

  

  First, I wanted to address the name. I really wrestled with what to call this, probably more than a normal food blogger should, but I’ve been seeing the term “snack cake” used to describe cakes that look like this. Wiki describes “snack cake” as a baked dessert confectionery made with cake and icing, but I’m wondering if […]

  Dave G

  August 26, 2017

  baked goods, baking, cakes, dessert, filipino food, food blogging, island food, snack cakes, teacake

  filipino, pandan cake, pandan extract, pandan leaves, pandan lime snack cake, snack cakes

• I’m in the Philippines!

  

  Just thought I'd share some random pics from my phone of our trip so far! Normally I'd be baking something or arranging some baked item on a fake marble top or wood background for you, but can't do that right now! Just wanted to try out the WordPress app also!

  Dave G

  August 13, 2017

  filipino food, food blogging, hiatus, island food

  Philippines, vacation

• 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