UBE MACAPUNO CAKE

UBE MACAPUNO CAKE

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup ube (purple yam), cooked and finely grated
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 7 egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 7 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 6 drops red food color
• 6 drops blue food coloring
• 1 (12 ounce) jar macapuno (coconut preserves)
• 1 cup evaporated milk, chilled
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 drop natural violet food coloring

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line bottoms of 3 – 9 inch pans with parchment paper, but do not grease. Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. 

Place grated ube in a large bowl. Mix together 3/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla; gradually blend into ube until smooth. Blend in corn syrup, egg yolks, and oil. Beat in flour mixture until smooth; set aside.  

In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add sugar, then red and blue food coloring, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Pour batter into prepared pans. 

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the center of cake bounces back when lightly tapped. Invert pans on a wire rack and let cool upside down. When cool, run a knife around the edges to loosen cake from pans. Fill between layers with coconut preserves, then frost top and sides with butter icing. 

To make Butter Icing: Combine evaporated milk and 3/4 cup sugar. set aside. Cream butter until light and fluffy; gradually add sugar mixture, and continue beating to desired spreading consistency. Add natural food color, one drop at a time until desired tint is achieved.

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 Ube Macapuno Cake 

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

• 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup ube powder (unsweetened)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 4 tsp ube flavor

For the Frosting:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tsp ube flavor
• 1/3 cup macapuno

Instructions for the cooking:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F.

2. Sift together all the dry ingredients, flour, ube powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt, Team Dry Ingredients. Set aside.

3. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Then add in the eggs one at a time.

4. Mix together the yogurt, milk and ube flavor, Team Wet Ingredients.

5. Add in one third of the dry ingredients and then add in one half of the wet ingredients.

6. Repeat step 5 untill all our combined. Just barely mix, until you cannot see streaks of flour in the batter.

7. Pour into two lined 6-inch pans and bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes. Make sure to tap the pans used to release air bubbles before baking. Let it cool.

8. To make the frosting, mix together butter, ube flavor and butter. Sift the powdered sugar and add to the butter mixture slowly. Mix until smooth.

9. To assemble, cool cakes first. Divide the cake into four layers. For every layer, add 1/3 cup frosting in between. Cover the cake with frosting and top with macapuno.


or use this recipe below for this same cake:

Recipe 2 of Ube Macapuno Cake

What We Need:

For the Cake

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoon ube flavoring
• 1 cup ube halaya (purple yam)

For Frosting

• 1 cup butter
• 1 pound icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon ube flavoring
• Macapuno preserves for topping

Here’s how:

(1) Combine oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix well.

(2) Mix ube flavoring with milk. Set aside.

(3) Dry whisk flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

(4) Add eggs one at a time to the oil-sugar mixture.

(5) Add ube halaya. Mix well until combined.

(6) Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients

(7) Add 1/2 of the milk-ube flavoring mixture. Repeat until all are combined. Bake in two 7-inch pans for 30-40 mins or until done.

(8) For the frosting, follow instructions for the basic buttercream replacing vanilla with ube flavoring.

(9) To assemble, divide cake into 4 (or just 2, depends on you), ice in between layers. Cover the whole cake with the frosting, top with macapuno preserves and pipe frilly borders on the cake.

(10) Get a cake slicer, a small plate and a fork.

                                eNjOy!

See more at http://bakehappy.net/2012/09/ube-macapuno-cake-recipe.html