Ube Cake Recipe By Tasty Food

UBE KEYKS AS MADE BY CHEF JAE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F (160°C). Grease an 8-cavity canoe pan with nonstick spray.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer) beat together the eggs and and butter on medium speed until combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and mix for another 2 minutes, until lightened in color.
• Add the flour and mix on low speed to incorporate. Gradually add the buttermilk and continue mixing until smooth and combined. Add the baking soda, baking powder, salt, powdered purple yam, ube extract and vanilla extract. Mix until incorporated and the batter is smooth.
• Fill each cavity of the prepared pan with 2-3 tablespoons of the batter.
• Bake the cakes for 12 minutes, until puffed and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let rest in the pan until cool enough to handle.
• While the cakes bake, make the filling: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the powdered sugar and continue to mix until smooth and incorporated. Transfer the filling to a piping bag fitted with a small round tip.
• Make the glaze: In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, powdered purple yam, ube extract, and milk until smooth.
• Crumble 1 cake into a small bowl and set aside.
• Pipe the filling into 3 holes through the top of each cake, then pipe more filling on top. Sprinkle the tops with the cake crumbs and drizzle with the glaze.
• Enjoy!

UBE CAKE (FILIPINO PURPLE YAM CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F. Line the bottom of 3 8-inch round baking pans with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift 2 ½ cups cake flour, 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder and ½ teaspoon salt.
• In a smaller bowl, combine 2 teaspoons ube extract, ½ cup vegetable oil and ½ cup milk. Set aside.
• In another large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, beat egg yolks while gradually adding ⅓ cup sugar until the mixture is light yellow (about 7 minutes on medium-high speed).
• Add ½ cup ube jam and beat until smooth and no big lumps remain. If you want your cake to be a vibrant purple, you can add gel food colour at this stage and give the batter a stir until the colour is evenly distributed.
• Fold a third of your flour mixture into your egg mixture just until combined. Then add half of your milk mixture, another third of your flour, the rest of your milk and finally the rest of your flour, folding each addition just until combined. Be careful not to overwork the batter.
• Using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment (or your handheld electric mixer - making sure that the beaters are clean, dry and grease-free), beat the 8 egg whites on medium-high speed until they start to get foamy.
• Then add 1 teaspoon cream of tartar and beat until very frothy.
• Gradually add ¾ cup sugar into egg whites until you reach stiff peaks.
• Take about 1 ½ cups of the meringue and fold it into your cake batter to lighten it.
• Then fold your cake batter into the meringue in thirds until incorporated.
• Transfer the cake batter to prepared pans and bake for 20-30 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with minimal crumbs.
• Put the pans upside down on a cooling rack and cool completely.
• See this recipe on how to make basic Swiss meringue buttercream.
• Once your buttercream has come together, start adding ¼ teaspoon ube extract at a time until you get the flavour you desire (I put 1 teaspoon total). Whip until the flavour is fully incorporated and the buttercream is evenly coloured.
• Trim the tops of your cakes if they are uneven. Trim the sides too to get rid of the brown edges so you're left with a vibrant purple cake.
• Fill and decorate with frosting as desired.

MINI NO-BAKE UBE CHEESECAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt ¼ cup (55g) of butter and stir in the coconut milk and condensed milk.
• Add the grated yam (ube) to the mixture and break it down until the mixture is smooth. Be careful not to burn the ube.
• Remove from the heat, set aside and let the mixture cool.
• In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, ¼ cup (55g) of butter, and sugar. Add the whipped cream and mix until creamy.
• Add two cups of the ube mixture and stir until all the ingredients are mixed.
• In a small bowl, mix the crushed graham crackers and ¼ cup (55g) melted butter.
• Line a muffin tin with liners, pack the crust on the bottom of each liner.
• Top with cheesecake mixture. Freeze for at least an hour.
• Remove from the muffin tins, remove the liner, and serve.
• Enjoy!