Ube/taro cup cake. Taro is a root that isn't actually very purple. There are small taros The cupcakes were easy to make. Ube cake (or Filipino purple yam cake) is unlike any cake you've had before.

Ube cake is a traditional Filipino chiffon cake or sponge cake made with ube halaya (mashed purple yam). It is distinctively vividly purple in color, like most dishes made with ube in the Philippines. Ube (Purple Yam) Cupcakes (and a little rant about ube vs. taro). You can have Ube/taro cup cake using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ube/taro cup cake

Prepare 2 cups of cake flour.
You need 3/4 cup of room temp unsalted butter.
Prepare 1 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1 cup of fresh milk.
You need 1 tbsp of white vinegar.
It's 7 drops of ube/taro flavoring.
Prepare 1 cup of cooked purple yam. or ube jam.

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Ube/taro cup cake instructions

Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda. Set aside..
Make the butter cream by mixing the 1cup of milk and a 1tbsp of vinegar (mix)and leave for 10mins. Set aside..
Mix the butter using hand or stand mixer for 5 min until fluppy, the add sugar gradually then mix again, then add the ube jam mix again then gradually add our butter cream mixture alternately with flour mixture until we finish the butter cream and flous mixture, beat until well combined..
The pre heat the oven 160 deg celcius.
Prepare you desired moulder then pour the mixture..
Bake for 30 mins until done..
I just add grated cheeze on top coz my son love it. Its optional..
You can also used whipping cream or butter cream for toppings.. Enjoy!.

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