Ube Cake
A moist and fluffy purple ube cake with a smooth, vibrant purple frosting, topped with a white ruffled sugar decoration, a gold bead, and a translucent purple sugar sheet.
- Total time
- 60 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 450
- Protein
- 5g
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ube extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
- 2
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- 3
Beat in oil, eggs, milk, and ube extract until smooth.
- 4
Pour batter into pans and bake 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- 5
Cool cakes completely on a wire rack.
- 6
Beat butter until creamy, then gradually add powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons milk, beating until fluffy.
- 7
Add 1 teaspoon ube extract to frosting and mix until uniform purple.
- 8
Frost the cooled cake layers and decorate with white ruffled sugar, gold bead, and purple sugar sheet.
Tools you’ll need
- 9-inch round cake pans
- Electric mixer
- Wire cooling rack
- Mixing bowls
- Whisk
- Rubber spatula
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