Let’s talk about ube. Ube cake to be specific. If you are not familiar ube is a Filipino purple yam and it is commonly found in Filipino desserts. Back in the day of my Filipino food truck, the Manila Machine, you could enjoy our ube cupcakes. It is hard to believe that that was six years ago already, but I’m so excited to see my favorite purple sweet treat getting so much mainstream love these days. If you ask me ube is definitely the new matcha! There I said it, it’s out in the universe now let’s make it a thing.
One of my go to spots for ube cake (when I’m not baking it myself) is Goldilocks Bakeshop & Restaurant. They have been in the ube cake game for 50 years. Their ube tres leches, or the Ubelicious as they call it, is my go-to of the ube cakes they offer. It has a nice richness from the custardy bottom. Now you have your weekend dessert plans made for you – go get yourself some ube cake, they have locations in Carson and Cerritos!
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