Purple Yam Cupcakes.
This recipe used ube powder instead of fresh ube.
INGREDIENTS
makes 12 cupcakes
For the Ube Cupcakes
- 1/4 cup butter, soft
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 pc egg
- 2 tsp ube essence
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp ube powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
For the Ube Frosting
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- 4 oz. creamcheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup ube powder
- 1 1/2 tbsp condensed milk
- 2 tsp ube essence
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
PROCEDURE
A. Make the Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line the muffin pan with 12 liners.
- In a bowl cream butter, oil and sugar. Add the egg and whisk until well combined.
- Combine water, buttermilk and ube essence. Set aside.
- In another bowl, sift together the flour, ube powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk until well combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 additions alternating with the buttermilk, making sure to end with the dry ingredients. Remember to just whisk the batter until well combined. DO NOT overmix.
- Using an ice cream scoop or spoons, scoop batter to each cavity until its all used up.
- Bake for 20 to 23 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
B. Make the Frosting
- In a small bowl, combine ube powder, condensed milk and ube essence, stir until a paste like consistency is achieved, set aside.
- Using your mixer, cream butter and creamcheese until light and fluffy. Add the ube paste and whisk until it binds with the butter and creamcheese, scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
- Sift the icing sugar and add to the bowl. Whisk until desired consistency is achieved. Add more sugar if you want it to be sweeter and stiffer or add whipping cream to soften.
NOTES:
Hi. The list included a stick of butter. Could you please specify the weight needed for the butter? Thank you.
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usually it is 125g
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Hello! I don’t have ube essence on hand, can I omit it or substitute with vanilla essence?
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ube essence, enhances the ube flavor in the cupcake
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Hi, where did you find your ube powder? I can’t seem to find that anywhere!
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hi, I bought mine online, right now, I am using pureblends brand.
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this is my 2nd attempt of ube cupcake using almost the same recipe.. first one i used halaya instead of powder, CF instead of APF and followed the flavocol measurement.. turned my cupcakes bit green and tastes awful. I tried this recipe lessen the flavocol and used ube powder. Finally! happy with the outcome. color and flavor was so nice snd perfect.. It will just depend on the frosting.. but cupcake itself? great!
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Hi I was wondering if I can use Ube jam instead of Ube powder? Will this be ok? I can’t find Ube powder but I have Ube jam. Thanks for your time.
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I think you can, you just need to adjust the recipe, thanks for dropping by 🙂
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Thank you so much! Your recipe is such a big help. Thank you!
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hi. will this bake in an 8″ round cake pan? do i have to double the recipe? thanks
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hi erica, there’s no need to double the recipe
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What exactly is the unit for the oil… tsp means teaspoon, tbsp means tablespoon…your recipe says tsbp????
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tbsp for tablespoon
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This was my first time with ube. Most of the recipes talked about rehydrating. Your recipe didn’t mention this. My cake color was a very pale lavender. I added food coloring. The frosting was the same, tasted terrible and was gritty. I need additional instructions.
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hi cheryl, im sorry to hear that, did you use the same brand of ube powder? there are ube powder that easily dissolves when combined with liquid and there are the ones that needs rehydrating or be cooked first, the natural color of ube (purple yam) is very pale when cooked, there are powdered brands that are already colored and there are brands that needs additional coloring… other brands specifies how to use theirs… while others don’t, so you have to experiment… now, if this is the brand you used, i don’t really know what went wrong about its texture, as to the flavor, without the ube essence, it won’t really taste that good… please note that the ube essence used in this recipe provides flavor and color boost as well… and ube essence and ube food coloring are two different things, i hope this helps
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hi! where can we buy same brand of ube powder? thank yos so much for sharing.
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You order it online or you can try the brands available in baking supplies store or supermarket
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Thank you very much ….try to bake this ube cupcake..
My client really loves it…best seller
I also wanted to bake blue berry cheese cake…
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wow, that’s great news… thank you and keep it up!
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What if i dont have available ube powder could i substitute it for ube flavor (flavorade) instead
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yes, that’s what they (and I) usually do whenever the ube powder is not available, in my case, I just use my vanilla cupcake as the base
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I followed your recipe but to my disappointment, my cupcakes turned green. What could be the reason why.
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sorry about that, but im not really sure why it turned green…
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Hiyah!
Would I be able to substitute the ube powder for halaya instead for the frosting?
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that would be better, just adjust your sugar and condensed milk 😉 thanks
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Hi!
Is ube essence the same as an extract/ flavoring? I’m going to make it soon. Can’t wait 😊!
Thank for you time!
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yes it is, thank you 🙂
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Under ingredients.. you put 1pc egg. Does that mean 1 pack of eggs? Please clarify. Thank you.
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hi delailah,
i’m sorry for late response, to answer your question,
pc. = piece
pcs. = pieces
i hope this helps
thanks for stopping by
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Can I use coconut milk instead of buttermilk
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i think so 🙂
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Hi, can I use ube jam? (Halaya) if so, how much can I use? Thanks!
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yes you can, i posted other links for ube cake recipes i found on my Ube Mamon post, you can just search it here on the site, thanks 🙂
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Hi The ube powder May I know where it from? I am curious if I can buy this in the Philippines. Thank You
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hi lowwen, yes you can buy it in PH, I included the contact details of the Ube Powder I’m using under my Ube Halaya post, hope that helps, thank you 🙂
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Salamat po! Excited nako gumawa lalo na
Malapit na magpasko! God Bless!
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Hi! In this recipe, do you need to rehydrate the ube powder first? Or do you add the powder as is? Thank you! 🙂
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hi, i didn’t rehydrate the ube powder for this one
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Did your cupcake turn out smooth even though you didn’t cook the ube powder first??
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if you mean if the cupcake didn’t became grainy to the point that you can still feel some bits of the ube powder, then it’s yes… that brand dissolves easily
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I make cupcakes gor a living and I love ube. The color is so rich looking, beautiful. What is ube essence?
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hi, thank you for stopping by. ube essence is an ube flavor and color booster for these ube cupcakes, it also enhances the smell of the ube in the cakes, i hope this helps 🙂
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I love cupcakes! I love Yam! have not been baking a while though but I’ll like to try this out someday, thanks for sharing!
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I love the color!! ❤
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Ube is one of my favorite things ever! Can’t wait to try this! Thanks so much for sharing!
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hope you like it 🙂
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