No Filipino celebration is complete without some type of dessert or panghimagas to round off the delicious nashville filipino food feast. If you’re looking for sweet treats for your holiday festivities, Nashville Filipino Restaurant got you covered!

Make sure to check our recipe index for delectable ideas. From crema de fruta with from-scratch sponge cake, pasta fruit salad with a unique twist to homemade buko pandan ice cream with no ice cream maker needed, I am sure you’ll find something for everyone!

Top Ten Filipino Desserts You should Make for Christmas:

Sapin-Sapin-this layered rice cake is as tasty as it is pretty! You can easily switch up the colors and flavors with extracts, swap the ube with “green” buko pandan to fit the festive season!

Bibingkang Malagkit-rice cakes are a traditional part of our holiday celebrations as grains symbolizes abundance in the coming New Year. Lucky or not, this rice cake treat is sure to wow the crowd!

Cassava Cake with Custard Topping-You love leche flan and cassava cake and can’t decide which to make? Now you don’t have to choose! This amazing cassava cake comes with a creamy custard topping so you get the best of both worlds in every bite!

Maja Blanca Espesyal-there’s maja blanca and there’s Maja Blanca Espesyal! This is one of the most popular recipes on the blog especially during the holiday season. May I just say, its fame is well deserved? It’s rich, creamy and bursting with corn and coconut flavor!

Kalamay Hati-this is another one of our traditional Filipino rice cakes you wouldn’t want to miss! It takes a bit of elbow grease to make but the sticky morsels are so worth the effort!

Halayang Ube-this is one of the very first Filipino desserts I learned to make and still my favorite to this date!

Royal Bibingka-what is Filipino Christmas without bibingka?

Leche Flan-It’s the smoothest, creamiest flan you’ll ever make. I promise!

Biko-one of the best known Filipino dessert, this scrumptious rice cake loaded with brown sugar and coconut flavor deserves a place on your Noche Buena!

Pichi Pichi-one of my favorite things to make with grated cassava.If you’re looking for something light and not cloyingly rich and sweet, these steamed cassava patties coated with freshly grated coconut are a refreshing finish to a hearty meal!

I hope you find this list helpful in your holiday meal planning. Thank you so much for making Nashville Filipino Restaurant a part of your holiday celebrations. May the spirit of the season fill your home with peace, joy, and love!