Filipino Breads (Panaderia)
Classic Yeasted Breads
Name Description
Pandesal The quintessential Filipino breakfast bread – light, fluffy rolls covered in breadcrumbs
Spanish Bread Sweet roll with sugar, breadcrumbs, and butter filling
Ensaymada Soft, fluffy rolls topped with butter, sugar, and grated cheese
Ube Cheese Bread Purple yam bread filled with creamy cheese
Ube Cheese Pandesal Modern variation of pandesal with ube and cheese filling
Pan de Coco Soft buns with sweet coconut sugar filling
Monay Dense bread roll with characteristic slit in the middle
Putok / Star Bread Denser roll with star-shaped pattern, topped with powdered sugar
Pan de Regla / Kalihim / Pan Burikat Bread with bright red filling made from bread scraps; various regional names
Cheese Bread Rolls topped with crunchy cheesy crust
Asado Roll / Baked Siopao Soft bun filled with sweet pork asado
Bonete / Pambonete Denser roll popular in Batangas and Quezon, shaped like a bonnet
Pinagong Bread shaped like a turtle shell
Pan de Siosa Filipino version of siopao, baked instead of steamed
Monggo Bread Bread filled with sweet mung bean paste
Shakoy Regional name for bicho-bicho in some parts of the Philippines
Cakes & Rolls
Name Description
Mamon Sweet, single-serve sponge cake with signature crinkly top
Pianono Rolled sponge cake with sweet filling
Ube Ensaymada Ensaymada filled with ube jam/halaya
Ube Bread Rolls Soft fluffy buns filled with ube and served with toasted coconut
Kababayan Sweet, crumby muffin shaped like a farmer's hat (salakot)
Bicho-Bicho Filipino-style twisted donuts covered in sugar
Taisan Filipino vanilla chiffon cake topped with butter and shredded cheese
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Rice Cakes (Kakanin)
Name Description
Bibingka Baked rice cake cooked in clay pots with banana leaves, topped with salted egg and cheese
Puto Steamed fluffy rice cakes, often topped with cheese or salted egg
Kutsinta Steamed rice cake with jelly-like, chewy texture; reddish-brown color
Biko Sticky rice cake cooked with coconut milk and brown sugar, topped with latik
Puto Bumbong Purple steamed rice cake cooked in bamboo tubes; Christmas specialty
Sapin-Sapin Layered steamed rice cake (white coconut, yellow jackfruit, purple ube layers)
Pichi-Pichi Steamed cassava cake rolled in grated coconut or topped with cheese
Palitaw Boiled rice cake rolled in coconut and topped with sugar and toasted sesame seeds
Kalamay / Kalamay Lansong Thick sticky rice cake topped with latik
Suman Malagkit Glutinous rice rolls wrapped in banana leaves
Espasol Glutinous rice flour rolls with smooth, jelly-like consistency
Ampaw Filipino rice crispy treats – puffed sweet rice balls
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Cakes & Pastries
Name Description
Sans Rival Layered meringue cake with buttercream and cashews
Silvanas Meringue sandwich cookies with buttercream, coated in cookie crumbs and cashews
Cassava Cake Thick, chewy cake made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and macapuno
Leche Flan Filipino-style crème caramel made with egg yolks and condensed milk
Egg Pie Silky egg custard in crumbly crust
Buko Pie Flaky pastry filled with young coconut and sweet custard
Mango Float No-bake dessert with layers of graham crackers, whipped cream, and fresh mango
Guava Strawberry Bibingka Modern fusion version of bibingka
Strawberry Cream Mamon Cake Layered mamon cake with strawberry cream
Pandan Cake Light chiffon cake flavored with pandan
Calamansi Madeleines French-style madeleines with Filipino calamansi flavor
Bibingka Apple Pudding Fusion dessert combining bibingka with apple pudding
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Cookies, Candies & Confections
Name Description
Polvoron Buttery, crumbly shortbread-like cookies
Yema Soft chewy milk candies made with condensed milk and egg yolks
Pastillas de Leche Soft creamy milk candies from Bulacan
Lengua de Gato Thin, oblong butter cookies ("cat's tongue")
Filipino Coconut Macaroons Soft, buttery coconut treats (different from French macarons)
Panutsa Peanut brittle made with brown sugar and sesame seeds
Roscas Filipino-style ring-shaped pastries
Pinaypay Fan-shaped pastries
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Puddings & Cold Desserts
Name Description
Maja Blanca Sweet coconut pudding with corn kernels and cheese
Buko Pandan Creamy dessert with young coconut, pandan jelly, and cream
Halo-Halo Shaved ice dessert with various toppings – the unofficial national dessert
Taho Soft tofu with sweet syrup and tapioca pearls
Ginataang Bilo-Bilo Rice balls, tapioca pearls, and fruits in sweetened coconut milk
Ginataang Mais Sweet corn pudding with glutinous rice
Tsokolate Thick, frothy Filipino hot chocolate made from tablea
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Regional Specialties
Name Description
Pastel de Camiguín Soft bun with various fillings from Camiguín island
This comprehensive list covers the vast majority of cakes, breads, and pastries you'll find in Filipino bakeries (panaderias) and during celebrations across the Philippines!
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