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Dessert Recipes
Hup Toh Soh Chinese Walnut Cookies
Greet Chinese New Year (or any holiday) with homemade hup toh soh (Chinese walnut cookies), and my recipe uses walnut and sesame seed for extra nuttiness.
Taro Paste
Learn how to prepare taro paste with three ingredients: taro, coconut milk, and sugar. Taro paste is a great filling for bread, mooncake, mochi, or pastry.
Bingka Labu - Kabocha Pumpkin and Coconut Milk Cake
Learn to bake Indonesian bingka labu (a kabocha pumpkin cake), where one batter splits into a softer custard filling and a firm outer crust, an instant pie.
Wajik - Sticky Rice in Palm Sugar and Pandan Leaves
Learn how to prepare wajik (Indonesian sticky rice cakes) with only 4 ingredients: white sticky rice, coconut milk, palm sugar, and pandan leaves. Vegan and gluten-free.
Matcha Steamed Buns
Fluffy and soft Japanese matcha steamed buns using rice flour so these steamed buns are gluten-free, on top of being delicious, and also not too sweet.
Cheng Teng - Longan and Snow Fungus Sweet Soup
An easy recipe to prepare Chinese longan and snow fungus sweet soup (Cheng Teng), with jujube/red dates and lotus seeds. Vegan, gluten-free, and sugar-free.
Matcha Marble Chiffon Cake
How to bake a fluffy, pillowy, soft, and moist matcha marble chiffon cake, with step-by-step photo guide to create marble pattern.
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
These buttery, crunchy, nutty, toasted black sesame seeds cookies are perfect for sesame seed lovers. I always bake these for CNY, and they are great for year-round.