Passion fruit mochi

I love passion fruit, so tropical, juicy, tangy… I even love how it looks! I also love mochi, so when I saw these perfectly ripe passion fruits at the local grocery store, making mochi came r…

If you like mochi cake and passion fruit, then this is the recipe for you. The passion fruit adds just the right amount of fruitiness without overwhelming the taste buds. It still tastes like mochi.

Some of you might wonder, why is she posting about Mochi on Thanksgiving? Well, no special reason, it's just what I decided to make fo...

As soon as I saw this Hawaiian butter mochi cake I knew I had to make it. It is ludicrously easy; everything is whisked in one bowl and then poured into a baking tin. What results is a gorgeously gooey, sticky butter mochi cake. I added one final flourish, a sweet but zesty passionfruit icing on top. And everyone that has tried this cake has raved about it! And Dear Reader, this is a pushy recipe!

The closer we get to the new year, the more I find myself reminiscing about the beginning of the year — before the lockdowns, the masks, the social distancing. I was lucky enough to be in Haw…

Passionfruit mochi: chewy, sweet, and great with ice cream! I have been really eschewing the North American traditions of food lately. All I want are foods from the other side of the world: roasted seaweed, bibimbap, japchae, dim sum, samosas, miso soup… I just want all of the Asian food basically. On top of that, […]

Lilikoi grows on a climbing vine with exotic fringed blossoms fit for a fairy-tale garden. Spanish missionaries in its native South America used it to

Featuring Passion Fruit Purée If fudge isn’t a part of everyone’s holiday dessert spread, is it even the holiday season?? We start making a variety of sweet treats beginning November 1st in our house to have for guests during Thanksgiving and Christmas! This year, we created a variation on a beloved favorite using our…

Lilikoi (Passion Fruit) Butter Mochi Cake April: Easter Season (Palm/Passion Sunday) On the last Sunday of Lent, a week before Easter, we attend Palm/Passion Sunday mass and listen to scriptural readings about Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. With a symbolic palm leaf that we receive at church, Highlander would make a cross for Islander to…