FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

There are many ways of making an Icebox Cake and its very simple to make. While the original Icebox Cake calls for wafers and whipped cream, Filipinos tweak the recipe using local biscuits and a variation of fruits as toppings. Basically, it calls for a base that would serve as the "cake". The first icebox cake we made at home had broas as base. Later as the recipe "evolved" it became graham crackers and sometimes, chiffon cake baked or bakery bought. Just make sure that the cake is not so overwhelming in flavour so not as to contradict the over-all flavour. The cream filling is just a mixture of cream and condensed milk though at times flavored with the type of topping. For example, a mango topped ice box cake (more popular as Mango Float), ripe mangoes are blended with the cream filling to give it more flavor and color.  And finally the toppings which most of the time are canned fruit cocktails but fresh fruits give it a more appealing flavor. ...

Suman Latik is one of my favorite native delicacies. Basically, its just plain suman stopped with sweetened coconut strips or bukayo . Most of the time those sold in the markets have this two (suman and bukayo) already in one wrap and all you have to to is devour it.  But most of the time, the bukayo portion is bitin that I wish theres more. So why not make our own suman latik so you can have all the suman we want with all the bukayo toppings we desire! Here's a simple recipe for Suman Latik