You’ll now find ube in iced lattes, cheesecake, mochi pancakes, cocktails (the Ube Espresso Martini at Sunda New Asian has reportedly gone viral twice), and ready-to-drink canned lattes.
Traditionally, ube is used in the Philippines to flavor all kinds of foods, from ube ice cream, toppings for halo halo, and flavorings for ube cakes and baked goods (think pandesal, ensaymada, and cookies).
AOL: Costco's Ube Tres Leches Cake: Fans Call It 'Dangerously Delicious' but with Concerns
Costco's Ube Tres Leches Cake: Fans Call It 'Dangerously Delicious' but with Concerns
Orange County Register: Here, try this: Ube flan cake from Pastries On Demand
“I often have to tell people it’s not that sweet,” says self-taught baker Irene Pabellano, founder of Pastries On Demand and creator of the royal purple-hued ube flan cake. “It’s similar to leche flan ...
Yahoo: Costco's Ube Tres Leches Cake: Fans Call It 'Dangerously Delicious' but with Concerns
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Cake, cupcakes and your own celebrations. This Alameda Island bakery is not only customizing your goodies, but it's opening a world of colorful ube baking. Baker and owner of Whisk ...
Try this Ube Cake Recipe for a rich, deep purple cake with the rich flavor of ube! Ube is a beautiful deep purple yam famous in the Philippines. Ube extract and ube powder are much easier to find here ...
Right now, it seems that violet-colored desserts are all the rage on Instagram. The gorgeous hue is due to one ingredient: ube (pronounced ooh-beh). But what exactly is an ube, and why has it suddenly become so popular?