A break from allergy-free food. Paco requested this cake — made up of our favorite Huntington chocolate cake layers, ganache filling, whipped cream frosting, strawberry sauce served on the side. The letters were made using the same ganache, with additional confectioner’s sugar for stability. That “symbol” on the upper right hand side is Paco’s “signature”.

I was teasing that Saturday (the day we celebrated) was Benadryl day, but Aisa and Dad had allergy-free food instead, so there was no need to dose up on meds. Migi did have Paco’s requested lasagne and pandesal, but was so tired from the party that he crashed Saturday night and didn’t need to be medicated for itching.

hummus bi tahini

The Menu:

• Garden of Eatin’ chips with the above Hummus, Guacamole and White Bean Salsa
• Organic Salad Spring Mix with Walnuts, Black Olives, and Raspberry Dressing
• Whole Wheat Pandesal
• (Meatball) Lasagne al Horno
• Pancit Malabon “the Works”
• Pinoy Pork Barbecue, with Papaya Achara Espesyal and Steamed Rice
• Cake and French Vanilla Ice Cream swirl for dessert (working on a dairy-free recipe for the ice cream — soon!), with Strawberry Sauce on the side
• Jackfruit, Peach and Sweet Corn Popsicles
• Thai Iced Coffee (which I forgot to serve, so I had a glassful after the guests were gone)
• Iced Tea made with Organic Earl Grey, Honey and Lemon
• Fresh Homemade Lemonade