No-Bake Noche Buena Cake Desserts

Cakes are probably one of the most favorite desserts on Earth. It is really tempting to buy a Noche Buena Cake to ease your worries for the celebration. However, there are some No-bake Noche Buena Cake for Desserts that are easy to make and even your kids can be a huge help in making. Here is a simple roundup of the most popular No-bake Noche Buena Cake that every Filipino family can enjoy.

No-Bake Noche Buena Cake For Desserts:

Oreo Cheesecake

Who doesn’t love Oreos? Every kid is fond of Oreo, perhaps because of its rich and creamy taste. Even adults love Oreo because it is not too sweet. There are different flavors of Oreo such as vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. Vanilla is the most popular in the market since you can use it on your no-bake goodies. Oreo cheesecake is sweet, a little bit salty, and crumby. Kids like this Noche Buena cake and it is perfect for the occasion.

Choco bar cake

You can easily make a No-bake choco bar cake by choosing ready to eat choco bars or cupcakes. Among the brands in the Philippines, Chocolate Fudgee bar is the most popular. Layout the first layer of choco bars in a rectangle or square, you can cut it or crumbs into pieces for a thinner layer. After each layer, you can put whip cream or a mix of all-purpose cream and condensed milk.

Mango Float

Grahams is very popular for No-Bake Noche Buena Cake Desserts and mango float is one of the firsts that hit the taste of Pinoy. You need to gather graham crackers, ripe mango, all-purpose cream, and condensed milk. the first thing you need to do is put the first layer of Grahams cracker and pour it with all-purpose cream and condensed milk mixture. Then, put some mango tidbits and repeat the whole process until you reach the top. You can cover the tops with mango tidbits or crushed Grahams.

Blueberry cheesecake

All you need are canned or fresh blueberry, all-purpose cream, cream cheese, and crushed Grahams crust. You can buy a ready-made crust for this cake. Once you have the crust, mix all-purpose cream and cream cheese until well blended. Pour it into the pie pan after the crust. You can add some blueberries to the mixture. Cover the center of the top with blueberries and the side with whip cream. You can buy an instant whip cream if you don’t have a whipping creamer equipment.

Chocolate ice cream cake

You need to buy chocolate crackers and an ice cream, this is a real quick Noche Buena cake! Layered out the crackers in a rectangular o square pan and then put a thick layer of ice cream. Repeat the steps once more. The top should be covered with chocolate crackers or sprinkles. So easy, you already have a cake!

These no-bake Noche Buena cake for desserts will surely put extra sweetness on your Noche Buena table. You will even have these desserts before anything else. Just a precaution, make sure these cakes are out of sight of your cakes as they are really tempting! Have fun making one or two and make your Noche Buena cake easier to make this year.

Noche Buena Salad Desserts That Are EASY To Prepare

A salad is one of the must-have desserts that every Filipino family has on their table for Noche Buena. Preparing food during the celebration is kinda tiring and time-consuming. Although everyone in the family is busy helping each other. Still, moms are the ones busy in the kitchen. Sometimes, desserts are out of the scene because of limited time. However, there are easy to make Noche Buena Salad Desserts that you can make ahead of time.

Easy To Make Noche Buena Salad Desserts

Canned Fruit Salad

This perhaps is one of the most traditional salad desserts in every Pinoy Noche Buena table. You just need to gather two basic ingredients: all-purpose cream and condensed milk. Then, choose other ingredients, these canned and bottle ingredients are mostly found in a fruit salad:

Fruit cocktail
Pineapple chunks
Peach Halves
Pears
Lychee
Nata de Coco
Kaong
Cherry
Macapuno
Corn Kernels
Cheese
Gelatin
Cheese

It is very easy to make this salad, you just have to drain the syrup from the canned and bottled fruits and then mix together. Usually, the ratio of all-purpose cream and condensed milk is 2:1, depending on your preference.

Macaroni Salad

This is a little bit sweet, creamy, and tangy. The basic ingredients of macaroni salad are cooked macaroni, mayonnaise, and condensed milk. the following are optional, you can add one, two, or all of these additional ingredients:

Ham
Chicken
Carrots
Raisins
All-purpose cream
Celery
Onion
Boiled egg

Buko Pandan salad

This salad dessert has been so popular due to its creaminess and easy procedure. You just need to gather the following ingredients:

All-purpose cream
Condensed milk
Strips Coconut, choose either young or not so matured fruit
Cooked Gulaman
Cooked sago (optional)

For Buko Pandan Salad recipe, check out The Peack Kitchen Buco Pandan Recipe.

Yogurt salad

This salad dessert is for people who are conscious of their weights and sugar intake, here are the basic ingredients:

Greek yogurt or any low-fat yogurt of your choice
Low-fat all-purpose cream
Berries
Chia seeds
Oatmeal (optional)

Fresh fruit salad

If you don’t want a creamy canned fruit salad, here are the ingredients you need to gather to make it fresher and healthier:

Strawberry
Apple
Grapes
Banana
Kiwi
Medium-ripe banana
Corn Syrup or any other sweetener

Ice cream salad

Kids will surely love ice cream and you can make it healthier by adding some fruits and nuts. Here are the basic ingredients for your ice-cream based salad:

Vanilla ice cream
Nuts (you can choose from almond, walnut, pistachio, peanut, etc.)
Apple
Grapes
Peach
Pineapple
Corn Kernels
Strips coconut
Nata de Coco
Kaong

These Noche Buena salad dessert ideas are very easy to make, even your kids will love making one. You can teach them the fun way. Kids love colorful desserts, they will surely be enthusiastic in making their own salad recipe for Noche Buena. Your load as a mom will be lessened and your kids will learn a new skill too. Have fun preparing your Noche Buena with your family.

Our Christmas Tradition

I grew up in a big family. We lived in my grandparents house. It was complicated but there were times that it was fun. I grew up learning that Christmas should be celebrated with the family. My aunts and uncles who lives somewhere else always make it a point to be there and eat noche buena together.

Here in our country, Christmas starts as early as September. When the ber months entered, radio stations beat each other in welcoming the yuletide season by playing a Christmas carol as the clock strikes 12. In most bargain stores and department stores, Christmas merchandises are starting to fill their racks. As December approaches, families start to decorate their house and start making plan on what’s the menu on Noche Buena.

December 16 is one the most awaited date during this season. This is the start of Simbang Gabi or Nine Mornings. From this day until Christmas, a mass is held everyday. In some church they have it on dawn and in some, they have it at night. In our place, it was held at dawn. This is one of my favorite Christmas tradition. I love dawn.. as simple as that.

December 24, every house hold are busy preparing their noche buena. Noche Buena is a traditional meal (which would never be complete without the ham and the cheese) to greet Christmas day. A feast that is celebrated after the mass on the eve of 25. Gift giving will soon follow this sumptuous meal.

December 25 and it is Christmas. Traditionally, kids would visit their godparents house and greet them a Merry Christmas and in return godparents give aguinaldo to them. Aguinaldo means gift (a Spanish term). Now, I am not quite sure if this tradition is still practiced.

Another tradition that I really like and we still practice is the hanging of socks, hoping that Santa would put something on it (although we don’t have a chimney, the stairs served as our hanging place). Of course, Santa is not real but it was really fun waking up on Christmas eve and discovering your socks full of goodies!

How about you? What is your favorite Christmas tradition?