Suman latik, as I grew up with, is ibos with bucayo as topping and wrapped in banana leaves. Often a pasalubong whenever my mom goes back from her usual panindahan from the town market.
Ibos is basically sticky rice often cooked with coconut milk and is often partnered with ripe mango, tsokolate or simply sugar.
Bucayo on the other hand is shredded coconut meat slowly cooked in sugar.
Its the combination of the less flavourful ibos and the sweet bucayo that makes suman latik a good dessert and a great buy whenever.
Seeing a stalk of banana leaves on the table this afternoon was a sign that in only a few hours I would be seeing a batch of ibos as traditionally done during this season. Then came grated mature coconut as source of coconut milk and pilit soaked in the milk. Using banana leaves and its midrib as tie, it is then boiled for some time until it is cooked.
NOTE: Usage of the various native terms may vary from place to place.