Ube cake is a traditional

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made with

ube halaya ''Ube halaya'' or ''halayang ube'' (variant spellings ''halea'', ''haleya''; from the Spanish ''jalea'', "jam") is a Philippine dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam (''Dioscorea alata'', locally known as ''ube''). Ube halaya is the m ...

(mashed

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). It is distinctively vividly purple in color, like most dishes made with ube in the Philippines.

Preparation

Ube cake is generally prepared identically to

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(chiffon cakes and sponge cakes in Filipino cuisine), but with the addition of mashed purple yam to the ingredients. It is typically made with flour, eggs, sugar, a dash of salt, baking powder, vanilla, oil, milk, and cream of tartar. The resulting cake is pink to purple in color (depending on the amount of ube used) and slightly denser and moister than regular chiffon cakes. Ube cake typically has a whipped cream,

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, or

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frosting, which may also be flavored with ube or coconut.

Variations

Like mamón, ube cake can be modified readily into other recipes.

Ube macapuno cake

The combination of ube and

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(coconut sport) is a traditional one for

in Filipino cuisine, and it also applies to ube cakes. Ube macapuno cake is basically just ube cake with strips of gelatinous macapuno strips layered on top. Other combinations of ube cake include ube pandan cake and ube

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cake, among others.

Ube mamón

Ube mamón or ube cupcakes are ube cakes baked into the shape of large cupcakes, which is the traditional shape of Filipino chiffon cakes.

Ube roll

Ube roll or ube ''pianono'' is a variant of ube cake made into a Swiss roll (known as '' pianono'' in the Philippines). It typically has an ube filling made with butter, sugar, milk, and mashed ube. A very similar dessert made from

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instead of chiffon or sponge cake is '' brazo de ube'', which is more accurately a variant of ''

brazo de Mercedes ''Brazo de Mercedes'' is a traditional Filipino meringue roll with a custard filling typically dusted with powdered sugar. It is a type of ''pianono''. Origins Although popularly simply translated as "Mercedes' Arm", it actually means "Arm o ...

''.

Ube taisan

Ube taisan is a version of ube cake cooked as a traditional Filipino taisan cake. Like the taisan, it is rectangular in shape and is not frosted, but is covered with butter (or margarine), cheese, and white sugar.

References

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