Sapin-Sapin is a colorful Filipino Food made of glutinous rice. It is under the classification of sticky rice cake. It attracts people here and there, first, because of its colors. The usual color of this rice cake is a combination of violet, red, and yellow or a combination of violet, red, and white.
Course Snack
Cuisine Filipino
Keyword Cake, sapin-sapin, Sticky-rice
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 10people
Calories 391kcal
Author Joost Nusselder
Cost $3
Ingredients
2cupsglutinous rice flour
½cuprice flour
2½cupswhite sugar
4cupscoconut milk
2½cupscondensed milk
½cupube purple yammashed (optional)
½cupyoung coconut meatgrated or finely chopped (optional)
½cupjackfruitfinely minced (optional)
Food coloring (violet and egg-yellow)
Coconut flakes
Instructions
Combine all the first 5 ingredients together and separate them equally into three bowls; bowl A, bowl B, bowl C, respectively.
Add and mix jackfruit and egg-yellow food coloring in bowl A. Add and mix young coconut meat in bowl B. Add and mix violet food coloring and ube purple yam in bowl C.
Grease baking pan lined with cling wrap then place in a steamer. Pour mixture from bowl A to the baking pan, cover with cheesecloth, and steam for 15 minutes. When firm, pour the second mixture from bowl B on top of the fist layer, steam for 15 minutes. Do the same process with the third mixture in bowl C.
When completely firm, set aside your sapin sapin.
Toast the coconut flakes on top of the sapin sapin and serve.
Notes
To make coconut flakes, just the toast desiccated coconut stirring frequently in a pan until golden brown.
You can also use latik if coconut flakes is not available. To make a latik, simmer 1 can of coconut milk in a saucepan until it reduces to oil. Solids will form at the top surface and continue to simmer until these solids turns to golden brown. This is the latik.
You can use greased banana leaf if cling wrap is not available.