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Sapin-Sapin

Sapin-Sapin is a colorful steamed rice cake with ube, langka, and macapuno layers.

1 hour 25 minutes · Serves 10

Ingredients for Sapin-Sapin

  • 500 g glutinous rice flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ½ can (400 g) condensed milk
  • 2 cans (400 ml each) coconut milk
  • 1 can (200 ml) coconut cream
  • ⅓ cup freshly grated ube
  • ½ packed cup fresh ripe jackfruit flesh
  • ⅓ cup macapuno, drained and finely chopped
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • Ube flavocol, as needed
  • Yellow food coloring, as needed

How to cook Sapin-Sapin

  1. 1.Mix glutinous rice flour, sugar, condensed milk, coconut milk, and coconut cream until smooth. Divide evenly among three bowls.
  2. 2.Blend grated ube with ube flavocol into one portion; blend jackfruit and yellow coloring into another; blend macapuno into the last.
  3. 3.Pour the ube mixture into a greased, cling-wrap-lined pan. Steam 15–20 minutes until set, then steam the jackfruit layer for another 15–20 minutes.
  4. 4.Add the macapuno layer and steam 30 minutes, until fully set. Cool completely before slicing.
  5. 5.Toast desiccated coconut in a dry pan over low heat until golden. Sprinkle over the Sapin-Sapin before serving.
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