50 Dishes

Dessert, Sweet

Adhirasam

Adhirasam (tamil: அதிரசம்), kajjaya in kannada, ariselu in telugu, anarsa in marathi, sirsa in chhattisgarhi or arisa pitha in odia) is a type of indian sweet from tamil cuisine, karnataka cuisine, telugu cuisine , chhattisgarhi cuisine, marathi cuisine and odia cuisine. the doughnut-like pastry has a long history of popularity in kannada, telugu, maharashtra, chhattisgarh, odisha, and tamil civilization. they are similar in shape to vadai, but are not savoury and are eaten as a dessert. adhirasam is a popular as an offering to the relatives during deepavali festival, both at home and in temples in tamil nadu and karnataka.

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Aish as-Saraya

Aish as-saraya (arabic: عيش السرايا, literally: "palace bread", "عيش" is the egyptian word for bread ) is an egyptian and levantine dessert, consisting of syrup-soaked breadcrumbs topped with clotted cream and pistachios. it contains neither eggs nor butter. it is popular in lebanon and the arab world.

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Asida

Asida (arabic: عصيدة, romanized: ‘aṣīdah) is a dish with origins from the maghreb. it is a lump of dough, obtained by stirring wheat flour into boiling water, sometimes with added butter or honey. similar in texture to fufu, it is eaten in mainly in north african countries. it is considered one of the most popular desserts and traditional dishes in many arab countries. asida is particularly popular in libya, algeria, tunisia, ethiopia, eritrea, and the rest of the middle east. as most traditional foods of these countries, it is usually eaten by hand, without the use of utensils. often served during religious holidays such as mawlid and eid, it is also served during other traditional ceremonies, for example accompanying the birth of child, such as the ‘aqīqah, the cutting of the hair of a newborn seven days after birth.a simple, yet rich dish, often eaten without other complementary dishes, it is traditionally served at breakfast and is also given to women in labor.

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Baklava

Baklava (, or ; ottoman turkish: باقلوا) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey. it was one of the most popular sweet pastries of ottoman cuisine.the pre-ottoman origin of the dish is unknown, but, in modern times, it is a common dessert of turkish, iranian and arab cuisines, and other countries of the levant and maghreb, along with the south caucasus, balkans, and central asia.

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Balaleet

Balaleet (arabic: بلاليط) is a traditional sweet and savoury dish popular in the arab states of the persian gulf.a popular breakfast choice, it traditionally consists of vermicelli sweetened with sugar, cardamom, rose water and saffron, and served with an overlying egg omelette. it is sometimes served with sautéed onions or potatoes. the dish is especially served during the islamic holidays of eid al-fitr as the first meal of the day.

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Basbousa

Basbousa (arabic: بسبوسة basbūsah) is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina cake that originated in egypt, and is also common in other countries. the semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan, then sweetened with orange flower water, rose water or simple syrup, and typically cut into diamond (lozenge) shapes or squares. it is also found in most areas of the former ottoman empire, and is featured in middle eastern cuisines, greek cuisine, azerbaijani cuisine, turkish cuisine, ethiopian cuisine, yemeni cuisine and others.

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Bibingka

Bibingka (; bi-beeng-kah) commonly refers to a type of baked rice cake from the philippines that is traditionally cooked in a terracotta oven lined with banana leaves and is usually eaten for breakfast or as merienda (mid-afternoon snack) especially during the christmas season. it can also be used as a general term referring to other filipino baked rice cakes products, for example, those made with cassava flour (bibingkang cassava / bibingkang kamoteng kahoy), glutinous rice (bibingkang malagkit), or plain flour.bibingka is also found in east timor and christian communities in eastern indonesia.

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Biko

Biko is a sweet rice cake from the philippines. it is made of coconut milk, brown sugar, ginger, and glutinous rice. it is usually topped with latik (either or both the coconut curds or the syrupy caramel-like variant). it is a type of kalamay dish and is prepared similarly, except the rice grains are not ground into a paste. they are also sometimes packaged and sold as suman.it is also known as inkiwar in ilocano northern luzon and sinukmani or sinukmaneng in the southern luzon area. in the muslim regions of the philippines, it is known as wadjit in tausug; wadit in maranao; and wagit in maguindanao.a notable variant is puto maya in cebuano-speaking regions of the philippines. it is usually made from purple glutinous rice (called tapol) soaked in water, drained and then placed into a steamer for 30 minutes. this rice mixture is then combined with coconut milk, salt, sugar and ginger juice and returned to the steamer for another 25 to 30 minutes. it is traditionally served as small patties and eaten very early in the morning with sikwate (hot chocolate). it is also commonly paired with ripe mangoes. puto maya is characteristically al dente, compared to the mushier texture of biko.biko can also be prepared with other common filipino ingredients. examples include ube-biko which is made with ube (mashed purple yam), and pandan biko which is made with pandan leaf extracts; these are characteristically deep purple and bright green, respectively.

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Binignit

Binignit is a visayan dessert soup from the central philippines. the dish is traditionally made with glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk with various slices of sabá bananas, taro, and sweet potato, among other ingredients. it is comparable to various dessert guinataán (coconut milk-based) dishes found in other regions such as bilo-bilo. among the visayan people, the dish is traditionally served during good friday of holy week.

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Blancmange

Blancmange (, from french: blanc-manger [blɑ̃mɑ̃ʒe]) is a sweet dessert popular throughout europe commonly made with milk or cream and sugar thickened with rice flour, gelatin, corn starch, or irish moss (a source of carrageenan), and often flavoured with almonds. it is usually set in a mould and served cold. although traditionally white (hence the name, in english literally "white eating"), blancmanges are frequently given alternative colours. some similar desserts are french chef marie-antoine carême's bavarian cream, italian panna cotta, the middle eastern muhallebi, chinese annin tofu, hawai'ian haupia and puerto rican tembleque. the historical blancmange originated at some time during the middle ages and usually consisted of capon or chicken, milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar and was considered to be ideal for the sick. tavuk göğsü is a sweet contemporary turkish pudding made with shredded chicken, similar to the medieval european dish.

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Camote cue

Camote cue or camotecue is a popular snack food in the philippines made from camote (sweet potato). slices of camote are coated with brown sugar and then fried to cook the potatoes and to caramelize the sugar. it is one of the most common street foods in the philippines, along with bananacue and turon.the term is a portmanteau of "camote" and "barbecue", the latter in philippine english refers to meat cooked in a style similar to kebabs. though served skewered on bamboo sticks, it is not cooked on the stick. the skewer is purely for easier handling as it is usually sold as street food.

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Carrot cake

Carrot cake (also known as passion cake) is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. sometimes nuts such as walnuts or pecans are added into the cake batter, as well as spices such as cinnamon, ginger and ground mixed spice. fruit including pineapple, raisins and shredded coconut can also be used to add a natural sweetness.

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Cassava cake

Cassava cake is a traditional filipino moist cake made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and condensed milk with a custard layer on top. it is a very popular dish in the philippines, where it is commonly eaten for merienda. it is also served during gatherings and special occasions.

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Crepe

A crêpe or crepe ( (listen) or , french: [kʁɛp] (listen), quebec french: [kʁaɪ̯p] (listen)) is a very thin type of pancake. crêpes originated in brittany, a region in western france, during the 13th century, and are now consumed around the world. crêpes are usually one of two varieties: sweet crêpes (crêpes sucrées) or savoury galettes (crêpes salées). they are often served with a wide variety of fillings such as jam or hazelnut cocoa spread. crêpes can also be flambéed, such as in crêpes suzette.

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Ensaymada

The ensaimada is a pastry product from mallorca, balearic islands, spain. it is a common cuisine eaten in southwestern europe, latin america and the philippines. the first written references to the mallorcan ensaïmada date back to the 17th century. at that time, although wheat flour was mainly used for making bread, there is evidence that this typical pastry product was made for festivals and celebrations. the ensaïmada de mallorca is made with strong flour, water, sugar, eggs, mother dough and a kind of reduced pork lard named saïm. the handmade character of the product makes it difficult to give an exact formula, so scales have been established defining the proportion of each ingredient, giving rise to an excellent quality traditional product. the name comes from the catalan word saïm, which means 'pork lard' (from the arabic shahim (شحيم), meaning 'fat'). in mallorca and ibiza there is a sweet called greixonera made with ensaïmada pieces left over from the day before.

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Espasol

Espasol is a cylinder-shaped filipino rice cake. originating from the province of laguna, it is traditionally sold during the christmas season. it is made from rice flour cooked in coconut milk and sweetened coconut strips and, afterwards, dusted with toasted rice flour.the term espasol is also used to describe a person's excessive make-up.

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Falooda

A falooda is a mughlai indian version of a cold dessert made with noodles. it has origins in the persian dish faloodeh, variants of which are found across west, central, and south asia. traditionally it is made by mixing rose syrup, vermicelli, and sweet basil seeds with milk, often served with ice cream. the vermicelli used for preparing falooda is made from wheat, arrowroot, cornstarch, or sago.

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Gajar ka halwa

Gajar ka halwa, also known as gajorer halua, gajrela, gajar pak, and carrot halwa is a carrot-based sweet dessert pudding from the indian subcontinent. it is made by placing grated carrots in a pot containing a specific amount of water, milk and sugar, cardamom and then cooking while stirring regularly. it is often served with a garnish of almonds and pistachios. the nuts and other items used are first sautéed in ghee, a type of clarified butter from the indian subcontinent.the dessert is traditionally eaten during all of the festivals in india, mainly on the occasion of diwali, holi, eid al-fitr and raksha bandhan. it is served hot during the winter.

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Gers ogaily

Sponge cake made with cardamom, saffron, vanilla, rose water, serve with tea

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Halva

Halva (also halvah, halwa, and other spellings) is a type of confectionery originating from persia and widely spread throughout the middle east. the name is used for a broad variety of recipes, generally a thick paste based on flour or semolina, finely ground seeds or nuts, and sweetened with sugar or honey.halva is popular in western, central and south asia, the balkans, the caucasus, eastern europe, north africa and the horn of africa. halva can be kept at room temperature during non-summer months with little risk of spoilage.

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Hininy

Hininy is a traditional food in saudi arabia, especially in najd. it is a mixture of date paste, wheat flour, milk, ghee, sugar and cardamom, and is common during ramadan

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Jaggery

Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the indian subcontinent, southeast asia, and africa. it is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can vary from golden brown to dark brown in colour. it contains up to 50% sucrose, up to 20% invert sugars, and up to 20% moisture, with the remainder made up of other insoluble matter, such as wood ash, proteins, and bagasse fibres. jaggery is very similar to muscovado, an important sweetener in portuguese and british cuisine. the kenyan sukari ngutu/nguru has no fibre; it is dark and is made from sugar cane and also sometimes extracted from palm tree.

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Jalebi

Jalebi (hindi: जलेबी,bengali: জিলাপি,odia: ଜିଲାପି, urdu: جلیبی‎, nepali: जेरी sinhala: පැණි වළලු), is a popular sweet snack in south and west asia, africa, and mauritius. it goes by many names, including jilapi, jilebi, jilipi, zulbia, jerry, mushabak, z’labia, or zalabia. the south asian variety is made by deep-frying maida flour (plain flour or all-purpose flour) batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup. jalebi is eaten with curd or rabri (in north india) along with optional other flavors such as kewra (scented water). in some west asian cuisines, jalebi may consist of a yeast dough fried and then dipped in a syrup of honey and rose water. the north african dish of zalabia uses a different batter and a syrup of honey (arabic: ʻasal) and rose water.jalebi can be served warm or cold. they have a somewhat chewy texture with a crystallized sugary exterior coating. citric acid, lime juice and rose water is sometimes added to the syrup. similar but distinct dishes include imarti, chhena jalebi, lokma, zalabiyeh, and bamiyeh. to keep it crisp and to prevent it from getting soggy, commercially made jalebi has rangkat (which is sodium dithionite and also called hydro) added to the jalebi batter recipe

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Kalamay

Kalamay (also spelled calamay, literally "sugar"), is a sticky sweet delicacy that is popular in many regions of the philippines. it is made of coconut milk, brown sugar, and ground glutinous rice. it can also be flavored with margarine, peanut butter, or vanilla. kalamay can be eaten alone but is usually used as a sweetener for a number of filipino desserts and beverages. it is related to the chamorro dessert called kalamai.

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Kanafeh

Knafeh (arabic: كنافة) is a traditional middle eastern dessert made with spun pastry called kataifi, soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream, pistachio or nuts, depending on the region. it is popular in the middle east. variants are also found in turkey, greece, and the balkans.in arabic, the name may refer to the string pastry itself, or to the entire dessert dish. in turkish, the string pastry is known as tel kadayıf, and the cheese-based dessert that uses it as künefe. in the balkans, the shredded dough is similarly known as kadaif/cataif, and in greece as kataifi, and is the basis of various dishes rolled or layered with it, including dessert pastries with nuts and sweet syrups. one of the most well-known preparations of the dessert is "knafeh nabulsiyeh", which originated in the city of nablus, and is the most representative palestinian dessert. knafeh nabulsiyeh uses a white-brine cheese called nabulsi. it is prepared in a large round shallow dish, the pastry is colored with orange food coloring, and sometimes topped with crushed pistachio nuts.

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Khanfaroosh

Small fried rice and wheat flour cakes with cardamom, saffron, serve with coffee, tea

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Kheer

Kheer (kheeri, payesh, payasam or phirni) is a sweet dish and a type of wet pudding popular in the indian subcontinent, usually made by boiling milk, sugar or jaggery, and rice, although rice may be substituted with one of the following: daals, bulgur wheat, millet, tapioca, vermicelli, or sweet corn. it is typically flavoured with desiccated coconut, cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashews, pistachios, almonds, or other dry fruits and nuts, and recently pseudograins are also gaining popularity. it is typically served as a dessert.

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Kulfi

Kulfi () is a frozen dairy dessert originating in the indian subcontinent during the mughal era in the 16th century. it is often described as "traditional indian ice cream." kulfi is a traditional sweet of the indian subcontinent, where it is commonly sold by street vendors called kulfiwallahs. it is popular in bangladesh, myanmar, nepal, sri lanka, and the middle east and part of the national cuisines of india, pakistan, and trinidad and tobago. kulfi is denser and creamier than ice cream. it comes in various flavours. traditional ones include cream (malai), rose, mango, cardamom (elaichi), saffron (kesar or zafran), and pistachio. newer flavours include apple, orange, strawberry, peanut, and avocado. unlike ice cream, kulfi is not whipped, resulting in a solid, dense dessert similar to frozen custard. thus, it is sometimes considered a distinct category of frozen dairy-based dessert. the density of kulfi causes it to melt more slowly than ice cream.

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Laddu

Laddu or laddoo (hindi: लड्डू) is a spherical sweet originating from india and spread through the indian subcontinent and the malay world. laddus are primarily made from flour, fat (ghee/butter/oil) and sugar. laddus are often made of gram flour but can also be made with semolina. sometimes ingredients such as chopped nuts and/or dried raisins are also added. the type of ingredients used may vary by recipe. laddus are often served during festive or religious occasions.

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Latik

Latík (tagalog: [laˈtɪk]) refers to two different coconut-based ingredients in filipino cuisine. in the visayan region it refers to a syrupy caramelized coconut cream (coconut caramel) used as a dessert sauce. in the northern philippines, it refers to solid byproducts of coconut oil production (coconut curds), used as garnishing for a variety of desserts.

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Lekach

Lekach is a honey-sweetened cake made by jews, especially for the jewish holiday of rosh hashanah. known in hebrew as ʿougat dvash (literally, honey cake) the word lekach is yiddish. lekach is one of the symbolically significant foods traditionally eaten by ashkenazi jews at rosh hashanah in hopes of ensuring a sweet new year.

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Lokma

Lokma are pastries made of leavened and deep fried dough balls, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. the dish was described as early as the 13th century by al-baghdadi as luqmat al-qādi (لقمة القاضي), "judge's morsels.

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Maja blanca

Maja blanca (tagalog: [ˈmaha ˈblaŋka]) is a filipino dessert with a gelatin-like consistency made primarily from coconut milk. also known as coconut pudding, it is usually served during fiestas and during the holidays, especially christmas.

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Malban

Turkish delight or lokum (ottoman turkish: لوقوم) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often flavored with rosewater, mastic gum, bergamot orange, or lemon. the confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar to prevent clinging. other common flavors include cinnamon and mint. in the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive. the origin of turkish delight is not precisely known, but the confection is known to have been produced in turkey and iran (persia) as early as the late 18th century.

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Maruya

Maruya (tagalog: [mɐɾuˈjaʔ]) is a type of fritter from the philippines. it is usually made from saba bananas. the most common variant is prepared by coating thinly sliced and "fanned" bananas in batter and deep frying them. they are then sprinkled with sugar. though not traditional, they may also be served with slices of jackfruit preserved in syrup or ice cream. maruya are commonly sold as street food and food sellers at outdoor though they are also popular as home-made merienda snacks among filipinos.

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Meghli

Meghli, moghli, meghleh, (arabic: مغلي), or karawiyah, is a levantine dessert based on a floured rice pudding and spiced with anise, caraway, and cinnamon. the dish is often garnished with dried coconut flakes and various nuts including almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, and pistachios. meghli is commonly served to celebrate the birth of a child.

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Muhallebi

Muhallebi is a milk pudding commonly made with rice, sugar, milk and either rice flour, starch or semolina, popular as a dessert in the middle east. while the dessert is called muhallebi in greece, turkey and iraq, the egyptian variant is called mahalabia, the levantine variant is called mahalayeh.

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Mushabak

Zalabiyeh (arabic: زلابية) is a fritter or doughnut found in several cuisines across the middle east and west asia. the fritter version is made from a semi-thin batter of wheat flour which is poured into hot oil and deep-fried. the earliest known recipe for the dish comes from a 10th-century arabic cookbook and was originally made by pouring the batter through a coconut shell. zalabiyeh is also the arabic language term used by mizrahi jews for a deep-fried yeast dough, often topped with either honey or syrup, and known as burmuelos in ladino.

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Om ali

Om ali, omali, umm ali, or oumm ali (egyptian arabic: أم على), meaning "mother of ali", is a traditional egyptian dessert, and is a national dessert of egypt. there are numerous variations with different composition. the dish, which is traced back to the early years of egypt's mamluk era, is named after the wife of the sultan of egypt who asked her cooks to come up with the most delicious dessert that they could create. the chosen recipe was distributed throughout the country, and became a national dish of egypt.

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Qatayef

Qatayef or katayef or qata'if (arabic: قطايف, [qɑ'tˤɑ:jɪf]), [qɑ'tˤɑ:jɪf]) is an arab dessert commonly served during the month of ramadan, a sort of sweet dumpling filled with cream or nuts. it can be described as a folded pancake, similar to a scottish crumpet.

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Qurabiya

Qurabiya (also ghraybe, ghorayeba, ghoriba (arabic: غريبة), ghribia, ghraïba, or ghriyyaba and numerous other spellings and pronunciations) is a shortbread-type biscuit, usually made with ground almonds. versions are found in most countries of the arab world, with various different forms and recipes.in the maghreb and egypt, it is often served with libyan tea, arabic coffee or maghrebi mint tea. ghoriba has been around in the greater syria area, iraq and other arab countries since ancient times. they are similar to polvorones from andalusia.

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Ras malai

Ras malai,, rasamalai, or rossomalai, or is a dessert originating from the eastern regions of the indian subcontinent. the dessert is called rossomalai in bengali, ras malai in hindi, and rasa malei in odia. it is popular in india and bangladesh.the origin of the sweet is impossible to verify but there are several underlying stories. k.c. das grandsons claims that it was invented by k.c. das in kolkata. the sen brothers of comilla operating under the matri bhandar brand also claim to be the original maker of the dessert. bangladesh has begun the process of registering geographical indication status for comillar rasmalai.

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Sab alqafsha

Fried dough with syrup, saffron and cardamom

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Sans rival

Sans rival is a filipino dessert cake made of layers of buttercream, meringue and chopped cashews. its name means "unrivaled” in french. the cake may be decorated, left plain or garnished with pistachios. the cake's origins are disputed. one source claims the recipe has its roots in the french dacquoise, while lucy torres gomez, writing in the philippine star, claims that the cake is descended from the tarta imperial rusa, the spanish adaptation of a russian cake that was popular with the russian imperial family.a similar, smaller version of this recipe is called a silvana.

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Suman

Suman or budbud is a rice cake originating in the philippines. it is made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, often wrapped in banana leaves, coconut leaves, or buli or buri palm (corypha) leaves for steaming. it is usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik. a widespread variant of suman uses cassava instead of glutinous rice.