We experimented and made ube cake. We purchased the ube extract and powder online and used betty crocker gluten free yellow cake mix as the base. It has a pretty purple color and the taste was ok – not great, not bad. We think making it gluten free with the yellow cake mix might have affected the flavor more than we expected.
Here’s what it looked coming out of the oven. The top didn’t change at all after baking. We topped it with white buttercream frosting. Not weight loss friendly!
It’s very pretty!! I had never heard of it either.
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Very interesting! I’d never heard of ube either.
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It makes a yummy cake but we experimented to make it gluten free with a mix. I wouldn’t recommend yellow cake as the base.
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What in the world is UBE?? Somethng I’ve never heard of before!! Sure is a pretty purple, tho!! I need to find, and make my purple cake mix!
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Ube is a purple yam and people in the Philippines use it to make cake. It is really good but our attempt was so so. It’s a white chocolate vanilla ish flavor that’s hard to describe.
Ube ice cream is awesome!! We attempted to make some with the leftover powder but it didn’t freeze right. It tasted good but not as good as from the store.
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Wow! A purple yam? Cool! Now I want some!
Ooooohh!! Sounds yummy!!
Ice cream can’t be bad, in my opinion, unless the milk is curdled! lol
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the ice cream was yummy but uses full fat cream – not great for the waist but we couldn’t let it go to waste!
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That’s funny! Guess what? DD1 loves buying plants, and she bought me 3 purple sweet potato ones! Is that the same as purple yams?? I’m so excited! Hope we can keep them alive!!
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They might be! Can’t wait to hear all about how they taste!
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I wish I had taken a picture of the ice cream – it is also a pretty purple!
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Well, you’ll just have to make more , then! Sigh, the sacrifices you’ll make for a friend! 😉
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hahaha
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