I topped my ube cupcakes with ube cream cheese frosting and spooky Halloween-themed sprinkles. Ube extract gives these treats their deep purple color. I accidentally used a little too much, which may ...

These tender and flaky mini cakes created by the dynamic duo of Timothy Flores and Genie Kwon at Kasama, a modern Filipino bakery and restaurant in Chicago, highlight the cultural phenomenon of ube, a ...

“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 ...

For a petite pastry, Genie Kwon’s cross between a sandwich cookie and cake has a lot to say. Starting with two buttery discs of Basque cake, Kwon layers on pastry cream made with ube. That nods to the ...

A stunning dessert, this cheesecake gets its beautiful purple color from ube, a purple yam popular in Filipino cuisine. It’s rich, creamy, and topped with a vibrant ube halaya and a fluffy ube whipped ...