It's called an Ube-Macapuno cake. I thought my fellow cake people would appreciate it.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Ube-Macapuno-Cake/Detail.aspx?rss=1

very purple....that would be a shocker to cut into.

That's enough to make a Red Velvet cake blush!

What a fun cake! I would love to try it but have no idea where to get that.

Very popular in Hawaii.

It looks very striking. I wouldn't personally want to eat all those food colourings. I know you can get a very red cake from making it with fresh beetroot.

I wouldn't personally want to eat all those food colourings. I know you can get a very red cake from making it with fresh beetroot.


its a purple cake ...am i seeing it right?
and its only got a total of 12 drops of color for the entire layer cake....so no biggee there, i think it looks cool, id definatley try it....where the heck can i get a purple 'ube' in south alabama?? lol

oh my goodness...do you know how hard it is to find an ube or mango cake where im at????? its almost 2 hrs away from where i live! thank you sooo much for sharing im so glad you found this reciepe i cant wait to try it!!!

"It looks very striking. I wouldn't personally want to eat all those food colourings. I know you can get a very red cake from making it with fresh beetroot."

The fruit/vegetable (not sure exactly) is that purple. You should see the mash potatoes it makes. My aunt (in law) uses it in a lot of things & the color is amazing.

I'd love to try this but I have no idea how to get my hands on a purple yam or coconut preserves. I've never heard of either of those. The food colorings I wouldn't be that concerned about, doesn't seem like so much.

i think that if you would leave out the colouring it would still be amazingly purple. look at this purple yam.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chockylit/165388265/

i guess it is like a potatoe?

Freakish looking. Except I guess if you are a purple freak, sounds pretty good though. I wouldn't mind trying it. And it is a sweet potato. I had them in Hawaii. Never seen them before, but they are really popular there. I remember the first time they served them I had to ask what was on my plate. And they were tasty just different colored.

Liis, Thank you!! Chockylit has a great web site for cupcakes!! I just spent 30 min there. Good stuff!!

do you think you can order those purple ubes online anywhere and have them shipped? Wouldn't that be funny - yams in the mail!

I can get those at a local farmers market.

When I saw the cake I instantly thought.......topsy turvey...teenage girl...animal patterns....sparkeles....boas...anything over the top!

I love the color and would definately give this a try. Definately not for everyone. I don't think it has too much food coloring in it and you might be able to cut them down depending on the final color of the yam!

Fun, fun, fun

Neat!! It says you can get those yams canned, maybe in the asian section. Maybe Wegman's has them..they have unusual stuff. Anyway, I may try my first cupcake bouquet with this if I can find the yams..and coconut preserves.

I would so love to make that for my niece. Her birthday is in July and she's a purple-loving freak!

you can get ube at asian stores that carry filipino/vietnamese/thai groceries. they have the ube thats frozen and grated. the macapuno is a filipino product- its young coconut that has been shredded and sweetened. it comes in a jar.

although the ube is naturally a pretty purple, the food coloring is still needed because somehow the baking process turns the cake a green color without the food color. dunno how that happens but trust me, its not as appetizing

you can also get ube-macapuno icecream in some asian stores. its pretty good.

Oh I have to try this!! I wonder if those peruvian purple potatos are similar. I can get thoe at a gourmet grocery store. How cut it would be with pink frosting!!

This would be a fun cake for anyone who's graduating from a HS/College with purple as their school color...I'm sending it to my friend from Kansas State...while I go work on the Jayhawk cake I have to make.

ladybug03, Good luck on your KU cake! You're right..It would make a good K-State cake though!!My son is a senior there this year. I'll have to keep this cake in mind!

I grew up in the Philippines and Ube ice cream and macapuno ice cream were my favorites.

Does anyone know if you could get the ingredients at Trader Joe's? Seems like items they may carry.

I am from TX and when I saw that cake I immediately thought TCU. OMgoodness - have to make this for my TCU friends maybe in the shape of a football jersey. Won't tell them what is on the inside - just let it be a huge suprise.

Thanks for sharing

How about a Barney cake!! HEE, HEE!

Thanks for all the links!

lol! thats my kind of cake!! I LOVE purple...

well until I noticed it was a yam cake I would prefer a plain purple cake

Thanks for showing that was great

I can see it as a Halloween cake. Love that color.

If you can't find fresh ube you can substitute powdered ube which you can find at oriental stores. Here is another ube cake recipe where you can use either fresh or powdered ube.

Ube Chiffon Cake

8 eggyolks
2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. oil
1 c. boiled and mashed fresh ube or 1/2 c. ube powder
1/2 to 1 tsp. violet food color

8 eggwhites
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. cream of tartar

1 c. ube jam for filling (optional)

Procedure:

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and sugar.
2. Place in a large mixing bowl: eggyolks, sifted dry ingredients, milk, oil, and fresh or powdered ube.
3. Beat until smooth. If necessary, adjust color of mixture by adding violet food color. Set aside.
4. Beat eggwhites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
5. Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff but not dry.
6. Fold ube batter into beaten whites.
7. Pour into ungreased, lined 9x4 tube pan or four 9 inch round pans.
8. Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 40 minutes or until done. Invert pan and let hang until cool.
9. Fill with ube jam and frost with buttercream icing.