I’m working on an ube sponge cake recipe because I miss ube cake from the Philippines. I particularly love the ube cake from Red Ribbon. But because Red Ribbon hasn’t made it to this side of the Atlantic, I will just have to learn to make the cake myself. I’ve always said that necessity is the mother of invention and it is absolutely necessary for me to have my ube cake fix! I haven’t had a slice of ube cake since…I can’t remember. It must have been over 5 years!
My first attempt seemed to go down pretty well. The colour was great and the flavour was absolutely there. The cake was spongy and light.
I will have to make it again maybe next week (after the cake that’s currently residing in my cake box has been consumed). I’ve got recipe improvements in my head already. I’m sure the oriental store in Chelmsford will enjoy the fact that I’ll be buying another jar of ube jam next week! Watch this space for the recipe soon!
Yellywelly 