Dessert Recipes
Bubur Ketan Hitam - Glutinous Black Rice Sweet Porridge
Indonesian bubur ketan hitam (glutinous black rice sweet porridge) is a delicious, sweet, thick, and very filling porridge that is always a popular choice for breakfast, tea time, or supper. Plus, this happens to be gluten-free and vegan friendly.
Orange Chiffon Cake
This recipe yields a very fluffy (think cloud or pillow), very soft, and still very juicy orange chiffon cake.
Clementine Chocolate Lava Cake
Easy chocolate lava cake with fragrant clementine zest that can be done in under 20 minutes from start to finish, perfect for Valentine's Day or any other day.
Red Dates, Goji Berries, and Longan Jelly
Pretty deep ruby red jelly from Chinese red dates (jujube), goji berries, longan, and pandan leaves. Use agar powder or konnyaku jelly powder to make this vegan friendly and gluten-free dessert.
Black Sesame Seeds Cookies
Buttery crunchy toasted black sesame seeds cookies. This is a very nice way to enjoy sesame seeds.
Chinese Almond Cookies
Chinese almond cookies are commonly served during Chinese New Year celebration. These delicious and highly addictive cookies only need common pantry ingredients, yet very easy and beginner friendly.
Lekker Holland - Dutch Boterkoek
Dutch boterkoek is more widely known as Lekker Holland in Indonesia, and just as popular, a perennial favorite on festive occasions.
Loaf Pan Cheesecake
A smaller size cheesecake, made in a loaf pan, and without the need of a water bath.
Nastar Gulung - Rolled Pineapple Tart
Pineapple tart cookies are Chinese New Year must have cookies. This version incorporate grated cheese into the tart crust, with and easy to handle log shape cookies.
Kue Ubi Panggang
Simple and delicious Indonesian sweet potato snack/dessert that is gluten-free, nut-free, and vegetarian.
Matcha Kanten Mizu Yokan
Easy two-layer agar-agar Japanese dessert. The base layer is mizu yokan, which is basically red bean paste (anko) agar-agar. And the top layer is matcha kanten.
Topo Map Matcha Cake
A pretty layered cake from Malaysia resembling topographic map, with matcha (Japanese green tea powder) and cocoa powder.