Father's Day takes place every third Sunday of June, and this year it falls on 18 June, which is already this Sunday. It is that one special day of the year when the world honors fathers (and father figures) by recognizing the important role that they play in our lives. A celebration which started in Washington, United States, in 1910, Father's Day has been observed in the Philippines since the 1980s. It is not an official public holiday, but since it falls on a Sunday, families are able to celebrate it without any problems.

As it is with Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May, families usually celebrate Father's Day with food. They go out and enjoy lunch or dinner together. They also gift Daddy dear with a cake or confection. Here are some of the options.

EXCLUSIVE FATHER'S DAY CAKE

Kumori Japanese Bakery & Café is offering an exclusive cake for Father's Day. It is called Midnight Choco Truffle Cake, a rich chocolate cake layered with cocoa brownies and dark chocolate ganache. Petite in its five-inch in diameter cake priced at P699, it is available in Kumori branches in Metro Manila as well as online via www.kumori.com.ph or through food apps Foodpanda and GrabFood.

THREE OPTIONS

Consuelo's Artisan Cakes highlights three 8×3-inch cakes for this year's Father's Day celebration — Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake,

Old-fashioned Chocolate Cake and Coffee Crunch Cake — which the cake expert thinks are all perfect for Dad.

Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake (P1,100) is classic moist chocolate cake with whipped Belgian dark chocolate ganache frosting and cocoa dustings, while Old-fashioned Chocolate Cake (P850) is moist chocolate cake with slow-cooked cocoa fudge frosting. Coffee Crunch Cake (P850) is coffee chiffon cake infused with local coffee beans from Sagada, filled with coffee custard and honey crunch, frosted with sweetened whipped cream and topped with honey crunch chunks.

To order, message through Viber

(0961-6392954) or Facebook and Instagram accounts

(@consuelosartisancakes).

NOW THERE ARE FOUR

Le Delicieux Patisserie and Café offers five different kinds of cakes for Father's Day. These are Belgian Chocolate Cake (three layers of cake consisting of moist chocolate cake, mocha chiffon and vanilla chiffon cake, iced with buttercream caramel, covered with melted chocolate, garnished with chocolate curls and almonds) at P970; Red Velvet Cake (layers of red velvet cake, frosted with cream cheese and garnished with red velvet chocolate crumbs) at P900; Mango Dream Cake (two layers of vanilla chiffon cake with cashew meringue bottom layer, frosted with fresh cream and mango slices) at P900; and classic Mocha Cake (mocha chiffon cake filled with light caramel cream, frosted with mocha buttercream, and decorated with hand-piped buttercream flowers) at P700.

To order, message Le Delicieux's Facebook page or call 8561-9601.

CAKES TO GO

Forget Me Not Specialty Cakes has on its Father's Day menu Cakes-to-Go in round tubs in Fogata (chocolate cake with caramel fudge filling and boiled marshmallow icing) and Mocho Cake (a layer each of chocolate cake and mocha cake with mocha buttercream) variants at P325 per cake or P575 for set of 2; and Father's Day Brownie Loaf (premium dark chocolate brownies with whipped chocolate buttercream icing at P375. To order, message Facebook or Instagram accounts

(@forgetmenotspecialtycakes) or contact

0945-5135391 or 8723-2776.

INSPIRED BY FILIPINO DESSERT

Tatatito has just introduced a new cake just in time for Father's Day. It's called Salted Yema Cake, as inspired by a childhood favorite, yema. It consists of delicate chiffon cake layers with rich and sweet yema custard. The cake is available at Tatatito, OPL Building, Don Carlos Palanca Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

Happy Father's Day, everyone!