Roll out the purple carpet, fellow purple yam lovers, because today we’re taking a mouthwatering trip into the royal world of Ube desserts! Imagine if you could combine the sweet, earthy subtlety of vanilla with nutty pistachio and that vibrant purple hue that can only be associated with one thing – Ube!
This naturally bright purple sweet potato has rocked the dessert world like a pop star in recent years, and it’s not just about the color – it’s the irresistible taste that has us coming back for more.
We’ve searched far and wide to find the absolute best ube dessert recipes around. From crave-worthy cookies and gooey brownies to rich cheesecakes and mochi cakes, we’ve got everything you could possibly need to level up your ube treats game.
So buckle up, prepare your taste buds, and let’s dive head-first into all things ube desserts!
The Foundational Dessert
1. Riverten Kitchen’s Ube Halaya Recipe (Ube Jam)
Ube Halaya is a sweet jam made from ube, condensed milk, evaporated milk, coconut milk, and butter. Its rich, velvety consistency and unique, subtly sweet flavor make it enjoyable as a standalone treat.
However, it’s also the foundation of many Filipino desserts, lending its distinctive taste to a range of treats from Halo-Halo to ube-flavored cakes, cookies, and pastries.
This purple ube jam is undeniably a cornerstone of Filipino dessert culture, and you’ll be seeing it used all throughout the ube recipes in this list!
Ube Cheesecakes
2. Teak & Thyme’s Ube Cheesecake with Oreo Crust
You’re going to love this ube cheesecake recipe! It has a delightful and creamy filling made with ube halaya (purple yam spread), ube extract, and vanilla, all nestled on a scrumptious oreo cookie crust.
The mouthwatering blend of nutty and vanilla flavors from the ube, paired with a heavenly coconut whipped cream topping, makes this dessert an absolute treat for your taste buds!
3. Cooking Therapy’s Ube Basque Cheesecake
The Ube Basque Cheesecake from Cooking Therapy is a delightful fusion of Filipino and Spanish flavors, featuring ube halaya and ube extract for its unique taste and color.
This creamy, purple dessert combines cream cheese, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, heavy cream, and all-purpose flour, creating a rich and indulgent treat that’s perfect for any dinner party or special occasion.
4. Annie’s Chamorro Kitchen’s Ube Cheesecake with Graham Cracker Crust
The Ube Cheesecake recipe from Annie’s Chamorro Kitchen is a delightful dessert that features a creamy, rich filling made from puréed purple yam, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract, all nestled in a buttery graham cracker crust.
This unique and delicious cheesecake offers a fantastic combination of flavors and textures, with the natural sweetness and vibrant color of the ube yam making it a truly eye-catching and mouthwatering treat.
Ube Waffles and Pancakes
5. Hungry Huy’s Ube Waffles (Crispy Outside & Chewy Inside)
The Ube Waffles recipe from Hungry Huy features a delightful combination of crispy outside and chewy mochi-like inside, with the sweet and nutty flavor of the traditional Filipino purple yam.
The recipe uses a mix of tapioca starch, rice flour, and all-purpose flour, along with ube puree, ube extract, and other ingredients to create a unique and delicious waffle that’s perfect for breakfast or dessert.
6. Cooking Therapy’s Ube Mochi Pancakes
The Ube Mochi Pancakes recipe from Cooking Therapy is a delightful and colorful brunch option that combines sweet rice flour, coconut milk, and ube halaya to create a chewy, pillowy texture.
The unique combination of ingredients, such as ube extract and ube halaya, gives these pancakes their vibrant purple hue and delicious ube flavor, making them an irresistible treat for both the eyes and the taste buds.
Ube Cupcakes
7. Riverten Kitchen’s Easy Ube Cupcakes
The Easy Ube Cupcakes recipe from Riverten Kitchen creates moist, fluffy, and delicious ube-flavored cupcakes that are simpler to make and frost compared to a whole cake.
The unique blend of ingredients, including unsalted butter, oil, three types of milk (coconut, evaporated, and condensed), vinegar, and ube flavor extract, results in a tender, not-too-sweet treat that tastes like ube halaya in cake form, making it irresistibly scrumptious.
8. Food is a Four Letter Word’s Ube Cupcakes with Ube Buttercream Frosting
The Ube Cupcakes with Ube Buttercream Frosting recipe from FOOD is Four Letter Word is a delightful dessert that features the nutty, unique flavor of ube (purple yam) in both the cupcakes and the frosting.
The cupcakes are made with ube jam, resulting in a fluffy and tender texture, while the buttercream frosting combines butter, sweetened condensed milk, and ube flavoring for a creamy and not overly sweet topping that complements the cupcakes perfectly.
9. Foodaciously’s Vegan Ube Cupcakes
The Vegan Ube Cupcakes recipe from Foodaciously is a delightful and healthy dessert that features vibrant purple yam (ube) spread, providing a beautiful color and unique flavor.
These delicious cupcakes are made with wholesome ingredients like oat milk, vinegar, and coconut oil, making them not only vegan but also adding a rich and creamy taste that makes each bite truly irresistible.
Ube Muffins
10. Sweet & Savory Meals’ Ube Muffins
The Ube Muffins recipe from Sweet and Savory Meals is a fun, naturally purple treat that is loaded with crunchy toasted walnuts and topped with sweet brown sugar.
Made with purple yams (ube), these muffins are not only visually stunning but also offer a filling, sweet, and delicious taste, making them perfect for breakfast, dessert, or themed parties.
11. Break from the Pace’s Butter Mochi Ube Muffins
The Butter Mochi Muffins recipe from Break from the Pace is a delightful treat that combines the chewy texture of mochi with the sweetness of muffins, resulting in a unique and delicious snack.
Made with ingredients like unsalted butter, coconut cream, condensed creamer, and sweet rice flour, these muffins offer a rich, nutty flavor that is further enhanced by the optional addition of ube paste or matcha powder, making them perfect for potlucks and family gatherings.
Ube Cookies
12. Constellation Inspiration’s Marbled Ube Cookies
The Marbled Ube Cookies recipe from Constellation Inspiration combines a fragrant ube dough with a classic vanilla dough, resulting in a visually stunning and vibrant cookie that is soft and chewy.
The ube flavor comes from a mix of ground ube (purple yam) powder and ube extract, which gives the cookies a nutty, vanilla-like taste, making them a truly unique and delicious treat.
13. Husbands That Cook’s Ube Whoopie Pies
The Ube Whoopie Pies recipe from Husbands That Cook features two soft, cake-like ube cookies sandwiched together with a smooth coconut marshmallow cream, creating a delightfully unique and colorful dessert.
The vibrant purple color and distinct ube flavor, derived from powdered ube and ube extract, make these whoopie pies not only visually striking but also irresistibly delicious with a perfect combination of sweet and nutty taste.
14. Michelle Lopez’s Ube Crinkle Cookies
The Ube Crinkle Cookies recipe by the talented Michelle Lopez is a unique take on the traditional crinkle cookie. Instead of chocolate, it uses ube, a purple yam that has a flavor similar to vanilla and pistachio.
These cookies are not only eye-catching with their vibrant purple color, but they also offer a different taste that’s a nice change from the usual chocolate or butter cookies. Sounds delicious, right?
15. Meimei Baking’s Ube Cookies and Cream Cookies
The Ube Cookies and Cream Cookies recipe combines the delicious flavors of ube halaya, ube extract, and Oreo chunks to create a unique and delightful treat.
The nutty-vanilla taste of ube, a purple yam from the Philippines, and the classic cookies and cream taste make these cookies stand out in both appearance and flavor.
16. Bites by Bianca’s Chunky White Chocolate Coconut Ube Cookies
The Chunky White Chocolate Coconut Ube Cookies recipe is a delightful fusion of Filipino flavors, combining ube extract, rehydrated ube halaya, white chocolate chips, and coconut in a small-batch recipe.
These thick, cakey cookies offer a unique and scrumptious taste, with the nutty-vanilla notes of ube perfectly complementing the sweetness of white chocolate and the tropical touch of coconut.
17. Curious Flavors’ Ube Hershey’s Kiss Cookies
The Ube Cookies recipe from Curious Flavors features soft and chewy cookies made with real ube halaya, ube extract, and topped with milk chocolate, making them an extra special treat or gift idea.
The cookies have a vibrant purple color and an earthy ube flavor, while the buttery, soft, and tender texture in the middle, combined with the milk chocolate topping, creates a perfect balance of sweetness and moistness that will satisfy your sweet tooth.
18. Teak & Thyme’s Ube White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
The Ube Cookies recipe from Teak & Thyme features soft and chewy cookies made with ube halaya and ube extract, providing an authentic purple yam flavor, and are studded with melty white chocolate chunks for an enticing twist on classic chocolate chip cookies.
The cookies have a slightly cakey crumb and a satisfying bite, with the mellow nutty and vanilla-like flavor of ube perfectly complementing the sweetness of white chocolate, making them a delicious and unique treat.
19. Jeromina’s Ube Linzer Cookies (Purple Yam)
The Ube Linzer Cookies recipe from Instructables brings a Filipino twist to the popular Austrian linzer cookie by incorporating ube (purple yam) into the tender, almond-based cookies and filling them with homemade ube jam.
The cookies have a delightful combination of flavors, with the nutty and subtly floral notes of ube complementing the buttery cookie base, while the homemade ube jam adds a rich, creamy touch, making these cookies a delicious and unique treat.
20. The Little Epicurean’s Ube Sugar Cookies
The Ube Sugar Cookies recipe from The Little Epicurean features soft and chewy cookies made with powdered ube (dehydrated ube powder), ube extract, and coconut milk, resulting in a vibrant purple yam cookie with a delightful earthy and coconut-y flavor.
The cookies can be coated with granulated sugar, purple sanding sugar, or confectioners’ sugar, each providing a unique texture and appearance, making them not only delicious but also visually stunning treats.
21. Meimei Baking’s Supernatural Matcha & Ube Sugar Cookies
The Supernatural Matcha & Ube Sugar Cookies recipe from Mei Mei Baking features soft and chewy cookies that are half ube and half matcha, with vibrant purple and green colors reminiscent of the Hulk.
These eye-catching cookies are made by creating a simple cookie dough, dividing it in half, and adding matcha powder to one half and ube extract and ube halaya to the other, resulting in a delightful combination of earthy matcha and sweet ube flavors that make these cookies not only visually stunning but also delicious treats.
22. Bakes & Blunders’ Ube Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Frosting & Sprinkles
The Ube Sugar Cookies with Frosting recipe from Bakes and Blunders features soft and cakey Lofthouse-style cookies made with ube extract, giving them a vibrant purple color and unique flavor.
The cookies are topped with a smooth white frosting and pretty purple sprinkles, creating a visually stunning treat that offers a perfect balance of sweetness from the frosting and the earthy, vanilla-like taste of ube in the cookie base.
23. Eat Soco’s Giant Cheesecake Stuffed Ube Cookie
The Giant Cheesecake Stuffed Ube Cookie from eatsoco is a mouthwatering dessert that combines the earthy, vanilla-like flavor of ube with the rich, creamy taste of cheesecake in a single, oversized cookie.
The recipe offers a delightful fusion of textures, with the soft and chewy ube cookie enveloping a luscious cheesecake center, making it an irresistible and indulgent treat for those who love both ube and cheesecake.
24. Foodaciously’s Vegan Ube Cookies
The Vegan Ube Cookies recipe from Foodaciously features delicious cookies with a crispy exterior and a creamy ube filling, making them a delightful 100% vegan treat.
The recipe uses ube spread, almond flour, cocoa powder, and maple syrup for a unique and tasty flavor combination, resulting in a satisfying contrast between the crunchy cookies and the soft, sweet ube filling.
Ube Brownies
25. Cooking Therapy’s Fudgy Ube Brownies
The Fudgy Ube Brownies recipe from Cooking Therapy combines the unique flavor of ube with the rich, chocolatey goodness of brownies, resulting in a vibrant purple, indulgent dessert.
The recipe utilizes ube extract, ube halaya jam, white chocolate, and browned butter, creating a deliciously moist and fudgy texture with a nutty flavor, making these ube brownies a delightful treat for anyone who enjoys the taste of ube infused in a classic brownie recipe.
26. What Great Grandma Ate’s Chewy Gluten-Free Ube Brownies
The Chewy & Fudgy Purple Ube Brownies recipe from What Great Grandma Ate is a gluten-free dessert that combines the vibrant color and unique flavor of ube with a rich, white chocolate base.
Made with just seven simple ingredients, including ube extract and gluten-free all-purpose flour, these brownies offer a delightful fusion of a creamy, decadent texture and the nutty, mildly sweet taste of ube, making them a perfect treat for those who love both brownies and ube.
Ube Cakes
27. Une-Deux Senses’ Ube Mochi Cake
The Ube Mochi Cake recipe from Une-deux senses is a delightful dessert that combines the unique flavor of purple yams (ube) with the chewy texture of mochi cake.
Made with Mochiko flour, coconut milk, sugar, and ube puree, this cake offers a mildly sweet and satisfying treat that highlights the natural beauty and subtle taste of ube, resulting in a delicious and visually appealing dessert.
28. Husbands That Cook’s Ube Layer Cake
Ube layer cakes add an incredible twist to the classic dessert. This one, made with Vanilla Marshmallow Cream, is a stunning and delicious dessert that combines the unique flavor of ube with a fluffy vanilla marshmallow cream filling.
The cake is made with all-purpose flour, ube powder, and ube extract, resulting in a rich, moist texture and a beautiful purple hue, while the marshmallow cream filling adds a light, sweet contrast, making this cake an irresistible and eye-catching treat.
29. Jade Nhin’s Ube Chiffon Cake
Jade’s Ube Chiffon Cake recipe from Modern Asian Baking is a light, airy, and pillowy dessert that showcases the delightful flavor of ube (purple yam).
Made with self-raising flour, eggs, milk, neutral oil, and ube extract, this versatile chiffon cake boasts a beautiful purple hue and a fluffy texture, making it a delicious and visually appealing treat for any ube enthusiast.
30. A Slide of Kate’s Ube Custard Cake (Leche Flan)
The Ube Custard (Leche Flan) Cake from A Slice of Kate is a delightful dessert that combines a soft ube chiffon cake with a sweet and creamy custard layer.
Made with ingredients such as egg yolks, sugar, milk, ube flavoring, and caramelized sugar, this cake offers a heavenly match of ube and custard, creating a melt-in-your-mouth experience that is simply irresistible.
31. Keto Coffee and Lipstick’s Ube Marble Bundt Cake
The Ube Marble Bundt Cake from Keto Coffee and Lipstick is a keto-friendly dessert that beautifully combines the flavors of pound cake and ube (purple yam).
Crafted with almond flour, sugar substitute, cream cheese, butter, and ube concentrate, this moist and flavorful bundt cake offers a guilt-free way to enjoy the unique taste of ube in a visually appealing marble pattern.
32. The Sweet & Sour Baker’s Coconut Ube Mini Bundt Cakes
The Coconut Ube Mini Bundt Cakes from The Sweet & Sour Baker are a delightful combination of coconut and ube flavors in an adorable mini bundt form.
Comprised of flour, unsweetened flaked coconut, butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and ube extract, these soft and fluffy cakes provide a unique and delicious dessert experience, topped with a coconut milk glaze and a sprinkling of shredded coconut for an extra touch of flavor and texture.
33. Suncore Foods’ Purple Sweet Potato Ube Crepe Cake
The Purple Sweet Potato Crepe Cake from Suncore Foods is a stunning and mouth-watering dessert that requires no baking and is perfect for special occasions.
Made with cake flour, cornstarch, unsweetened soy milk, maple syrup, coconut oil, and a variety of Suncore Foods® Powders (Purple Sweet Potato, Ebony Carrot, and Cosmos Red Cabbage), this vibrant and colorful crepe cake is layered with coconut whipped cream, creating a delicious and visually impressive treat that will wow your family and friends.
34. Woman Scribbles’ Ube Chiffon Cake with Whipped Cream Icing
The Ube Chiffon Cake with Whipped Cream Icing from Woman Scribbles is a soft, moist, and fluffy cake that showcases the delicious purple yam flavor, popular in Filipino cuisine.
Made with flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, sugar, water, oil, and ube flavoring, this cake is baked in a tube pan and frosted with a light whipped cream and cream cheese icing, offering a delightful and not overly sweet dessert perfect for parties or potlucks.
35. Sweetened by Kylie’s Ube Tres Leches
The Ube Tres Leches Cake is a delightful fusion of Mexican and Filipino flavors, featuring a vibrant purple ube chiffon cake soaked in a delicious ube milk mixture and topped with ube whipped cream.
Made with cake flour, sugar, baking powder, corn oil, eggs, ube flavoring, and a blend of milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk, this refreshingly cool dessert offers a light, extra-moist texture, and the subtle earthiness of ube that perfectly balances the sweetness of the tres leches.
36. Woman Scribbles’ Ube Cake Roll
The Ube Cake Roll from Woman Scribbles is a heavenly dessert featuring a soft ube-flavored chiffon cake, filled with a luscious ube whipped cream.
Made with egg yolks, sugar, oil, milk, ube extract, flour, and baking powder, this light and delicate cake roll offers a delightful combination of flavors and textures, making it an irresistible treat perfect for any special occasion or simply to indulge your sweet tooth.
Ube Mochi
37. Keeping it Relle’s Easy Ube Butter Mochi Recipe
The Easy Ube Mochi Recipe from Keeping It Relle is a gluten-free dessert featuring vibrant purple bite-sized pieces of rich, buttery, and chewy ube-flavored mochi.
Made with mochiko flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, milk, coconut milk, and vanilla, these delightful treats are simple to make and perfect for sharing with family and friends, offering a unique combination of ube’s earthy sweetness and mochi’s satisfyingly chewy texture.
38. But First, Boba’s Ube Mochi Mooncake
The Ube Mochi Mooncake recipe from But First, Boba is a unique twist on traditional mooncakes, featuring a flaky, thousand-layer Teochew-style pastry filled with a scrumptious ube and mochi center.
Combining steamed and grated ube, glutinous rice flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, unsalted butter, and ube extract, these eye-catching mooncakes offer a delightful harmony of flavors and textures, with their tender ube mochi filling encased in a beautiful two-tone spiral pastry that is both delicious and visually stunning.
39. The Rice Chick’s Ube Mochi
The Ube Mochi recipe from The Rice Chick is a vibrant and delectable treat that combines the delightful flavors of ube and the chewy texture of Japanese mochi.
Made with glutinous rice flour, water, sugar, ube extract, salt, sweet red bean paste, and corn starch, this simple yet addictive dessert is easy to make, visually appealing, and offers a delightful burst of ube flavor and satisfying chewiness that will leave you craving more.
Ube Pies
40. Veggie World Recipe’s Ube Pie
The Ube (Purple Sweet Potato) Pie from Veggie World Recipes is a delightful dessert that showcases the rich flavor and vibrant color of ube, a unique and creamy vegetable originating in East Asia.
Made with purple potatoes, coconut cream, maple syrup, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt, and pie crust, this delicious pie offers a thicker and creamier alternative to traditional sweet potato pie, making it a tasty and visually appealing treat that is sure to impress.
41. Plant-Based Passport’s Ube Cream Pie
This ube pie recipe is a delightful vegan dessert that combines a creamy Filipino-inspired ube filling with a simple chocolate sandwich cookie crust.
Made with Mori-Nu Silken Tofu Lite Firm, ube halaya, coconut cream, ube extract, agave nectar, sweetened desiccated coconut topping, chocolate sandwich cookies, and vegan butter, this delicious pie is not only easy to make but also offers a decadent, creamy, and chocolatey experience that is both satisfying and packed with the unique flavor of ube.
42. Sweet Simple Vegan’s Vegan Ube Pie
The Creamy Ube Pie from Sweet Simple Vegan is a delightful vegan dessert made with a homemade buttery pie crust and a rich, creamy yam filling.
This Filipino favorite features ingredients such as frozen ube, ube extract, vegan butter, coconut milk, silken tofu, and vanilla extract, resulting in a delicious and indulgent treat that pairs perfectly with a dollop of coconut whipped cream.
Ube Bars
43. Foxy Folksy’s Ube Bars
The Ube Bars recipe from Foxy Folksy is a delightful Filipino dessert that features soft and fluffy baked rectangular cakes coated with a sweet purple yam (ube) glaze and rolled in desiccated coconut.
Made with simple ingredients like sugar, butter, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, milk, vanilla, ube condensed milk, and desiccated coconut, these Ube Bars offer a deliciously sweet and cake-like treat that brings a taste of the Philippines right to your kitchen.
44. Mama’s Guide Recipes’ Coconut Ube Bars
The Ube Bars recipe from Mama’s Guide Recipes is a delicious Filipino snack that brings back childhood memories with its soft, ube-flavored bread coated in ube syrup and desiccated coconut.
Made with bread flour, instant yeast, milk, butter, sugar, McCormick Ube flavoring, Purple Yam powder, confectioner sugar, and desiccated coconut, these tasty bars offer a delightful combination of sweet, chewy, and moist textures that make them a perfect snack to enjoy with your favorite drink.
45. Foodaciously’s Crispy Ube Bars
The Ube Bars recipe from Foodaciously is a scrumptious and eye-catching treat that features a crispy puffed rice base coated with white chocolate and a sweet ube butter topping.
Made with ingredients like homemade ube butter, white chocolate, and rice crispies, these bars offer a delightful mix of crunchy and fudgy textures, making them an indulgent and irresistible snack or dessert.
46. Kulinarian’s Ube Cheesecake Bars
The Ube Cheesecake Bars from Kulinarian are a delightful dessert featuring a tender ube-flavored cake base topped with a creamy cheesecake layer.
Made with ingredients such as unsalted butter, granulated sugar, eggs, ube jam, ube extract, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cream cheese, and vanilla extract, these bars offer an irresistible combination of sweet, moist, and creamy textures that make them a perfect treat for any occasion.
47. The Dusky Kitchen’s Sunflower Cracker Ube Magic Bars
The Sunflower Cracker Ube Magic Bars from The Dusky Kitchen are a delectable dessert that boasts a unique combination of flavors and textures. It features a Sunflower Cracker crust, ube-infused condensed milk, semi-sweet chocolate chips, sweetened shredded coconut flakes, and salted roasted peanuts.
The delicious layers work together harmoniously, with the saltiness of the crackers and peanuts balancing the sweetness of the condensed milk and chocolate chips, making these bars a truly magical and decadent treat.
48. But First, Boba’s Calamansi Ube Bars
The Calamansi Ube Bars from But First, Boba are a delightful twist on the classic lemon bars, combining the tangy flavor of calamansi, a Philippine lime, with the rich taste of ube in a shortbread crust.
Made with ingredients such as unsalted butter, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, ube extract, large eggs, calamansi zest, calamansi juice, and powdered sugar, these vibrant two-toned bars offer a perfect balance of sweet and tart flavors, making them a delicious and eye-catching treat for any occasion.
49. Cooking Therapy’s Ube Rice Krispie Treats
The Ube Rice Krispie Treats from Cooking Therapy are a delightful fusion of the classic Rice Krispie treats and the unique flavor of ube, a popular Filipino ingredient.
Made with ube extract, Rice Krispie cereal, unsalted butter, and marshmallows, these vibrant purple treats offer a delicious combination of crunchy texture and sweet ube flavor, making them a perfect snack or dessert for both kids and adults alike.
Ube Pastries
50. Simply Bakings’ Best Mochi Donuts Recipe
The Mochi Donuts recipe from Simply Bakings is a delightful fusion of traditional donuts and chewy mochi, using key ingredients such as glutinous rice flour and silken tofu.
These donuts offer a soft, chewy texture and a unique taste, making them an irresistible treat, and can be customized with various glazes such as ube, matcha, or chocolate to suit your preferences.
51. But First, Boba’s Ube Cream Puffs (Choux au Craqueline)
The Ube Cream Puffs (choux au craqueline) from But First, Boba are a delightful twist on the traditional cream puff, featuring an ube-infused pastry cream and a crisp cookie craqueline disk on top.
Made with ingredients such as granulated sugar, cornstarch, whole milk, egg yolks, unsalted butter, ube extract, all-purpose flour, and light brown sugar, these cream puffs offer a perfect balance of soft and crunchy textures, with the unique ube flavor elevating the overall taste, making them a delicious and impressive dessert.
52. One Hungry Blogger’s Ube Milk Buns Recipe
The Ube Milk Buns from One Hungry Blogger are a delightful fusion of soft, fluffy milk bread and the unique nutty-vanilla flavor of ube hayala filling, reminiscent of a smooth red bean paste.
The recipe is easy to make and versatile, as the ube jam filling can be prepared in advance and stored for up to 4 weeks, making these buns a delicious and convenient treat to enjoy with ice cream or as a standalone snack.
53. Glamour and Sugar’s Ube & Pandan Cannolis
The Asian Cannolis – Ube & Pandan recipe from Glamour and Sugar is a creative twist on traditional Italian cannolis, incorporating ube purple yam and pandan coconut flavors in the dough and ricotta filling.
The crispy, vibrant cannoli shells are made with ingredients such as all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, lard, marsala wine, and ube or pandan flavoring, while the creamy ricotta filling is enhanced with ube halaya or pandan flavor, making these Asian-inspired cannolis a delightful and unique dessert experience.
54. The Sweet & Sour Baker’s Ube Donuts with Coconut Glaze
The Ube Donuts with Coconut Glaze recipe from The Sweet & Sour Baker offers a delightful twist on traditional donuts, featuring a vibrant violet hue and the unique, earthy flavor of ube extract.
These soft and fluffy cake donuts are topped with a smooth coconut glaze, which perfectly complements the sweet and creamy taste of ube, making them an irresistible and visually stunning treat.
55. Simply Bakings’ Ube Hopia
The Ube Hopia recipe from Simply Bakings is a delicious and easy-to-make Filipino pastry filled with sweet ube halaya (purple yam jam).
The flaky dough is made with two types of flour, vegetable shortening, brown sugar, cold milk, and egg, while the vibrant ube filling adds a unique and delightful taste, making these pastries perfect for dessert or a snack any time of the year.
56. Kawaling Pinoy’s Ube Mamon
Ube Mamon is a tasty treat that can best be described as a moist, mini fluffy purple sponge cake infused with the unique flavor of ube.
These heavenly bites are perfect for snacking or dessert, and their delicate crumbs, subtle sweetness, and hint of ube make them an irresistible indulgence to enjoy with coffee or tea.
57. The Woks of Life’s Ube Buns Recipe
The Ube Buns recipe from The Woks of Life features fluffy milk bread filled with a sweet and light ube (purple yam) filling, made with steamed ube, sugar, vanilla extract, coconut oil, and unsalted butter.
These delicious buns offer a delightful combination of soft bread and creamy ube filling, making them a perfect treat for breakfast, dessert, or a satisfying snack.
58. The Bakeanista’s Ube Milk Bread Recipe
The Soft Ube Milk Bread recipe from The Bakeanista uses the Tangzhong method to create a stunning, fluffy loaf with a vibrant purple hue, thanks to the incorporation of ube extract.
This delicious bread offers a hint of natural sweetness and fragrance from the ube, making it a visually appealing and tasty treat perfect for enjoying at any time of the day.
59. Simply Bakings’ Best Ube Malasadas
The Ube Malasadas recipe from Simply Bakings is a scrumptious dessert or snack featuring sweet, soft, and fluffy doughnuts filled with ube jam and coated in sugar.
These delightful treats, inspired by Hawaiian and Portuguese cuisine, are made with simple ingredients like yeast-leavened dough and ube halaya, offering a heavenly combination of textures and flavors that will transport you to the Hawaiian islands.
60. Love Filipino Food’s Ube Cheese Pandesal
The Ube Cheese Pandesal recipe from Love, Filipino Food is a modern twist on a classic Filipino bread roll, featuring purple yam-flavored dough and a gooey quick melt cheese filling.
The use of dehydrated ube powder and ube extract gives the bread its unique color and flavor, while the combination of ingredients like all-purpose flour, instant yeast, and butter ensures a soft, fluffy texture, making these rolls a scrumptious and satisfying treat.
61. The Foodie Takes Flights’ Vegan Ube and Cheese Pandesal (Filipino Sweet Bread Rolls)
The Vegan Ube and Cheese Pandesal recipe from The Foodie Takes Flight is a delightful twist on the classic Filipino sweet bread rolls, using ube (purple yam) and vegan mozzarella cheese for the filling.
The pandesal is light, airy, and chewy, offering a perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors, making it a delicious and satisfying treat for vegans and non-vegans alike.
Frozen Ube Desserts
62. The little Epicurean’s Halo Halo
The Halo-Halo recipe from The Little Epicurean is a delightful Filipino shaved ice sundae that’s perfect for summertime.
This colorful dessert consists of sweetened beans, fruits, shaved ice drizzled with evaporated milk, and ube ice cream, offering a refreshing and sweet treat with an explosion of diverse flavors in every bite.
63. The Flavor Bender’s Ube Ice Cream (Purple Yam Ice Cream)
The Ube Ice Cream recipe from The Flavor Bender is a creamy, nutty, and absolutely delicious treat made from purple yam (ube) and heavy cream.
The unique flavor and vibrant color of ube, combined with the rich and smooth texture of the ice cream, create a delightful dessert that is not overly sweet, allowing the ube flavor to truly shine.
64. Corinthian’s Ube Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
The Ube Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches from Corinthian Distributors are a delightful frozen treat made with Pulo Cuisine Ube or Ube Macapuno Ice Cream and 12 large, soft cookies.
These easy-to-make sandwiches offer a perfect combination of creamy ube ice cream and chewy cookies, making them a delicious and enjoyable dessert for any occasion.
65. Silver Chopstix’s Filipino Ube Ice Cream Sandwiches
The Filipino Ice Cream Sandwich from Silverchopstix is a nostalgic treat featuring ube ice cream served on sweet bread, such as brioche, and topped with a dollop of macapuno (sweetened coconut strings).
This simple yet delicious dessert combines the creamy ube ice cream with the soft, sweet bread, creating a delightful combination of flavors and textures reminiscent of childhood street food snacks.
66. Blogilates’ Ube Soft Serve (Dairy Free)
The Ube Soft Serve recipe from Blogilates is a dairy-free, nutrient-packed frozen treat made with ube-flavored protein powder, frozen bananas, and vegan cream cheese.
The combination of these ingredients creates a creamy and delicious dessert that is sugar-free and has a hint of protein, making it a healthier alternative to traditional soft serve while still maintaining the authentic ube flavor.
Ube Tarts
67. Sprinkle Bakes’ Ube White Chocolate Ganache Tart
The Ube White Chocolate Ganache Tart from Sprinkle Bakes is a stunning dessert that combines the vibrant color and flavor of purple sweet potato with a rich white chocolate ganache filling.
The classic French shortcrust pastry base perfectly complements the creamy ube filling, resulting in a visually striking and deliciously indulgent treat that is sure to impress.
68. Silver Chopstix’s Okinawan Purple Sweet Potato Tart
The Okinawan Purple Sweet Potato Tart from Silverchopstix is a unique and visually appealing dessert made with the vibrant Okinawan purple sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, and pre-made pastry crust.
The natural sweetness and creaminess of the purple sweet potatoes, combined with the buttery and flaky pastry crust, create a delightful and delicious tart that transforms into a deeper color when baked, adding to its visual appeal.
69. Woman Scribbles’ Ube Custard Tart
The Ube Custard Tart from Woman Scribbles is a delightful dessert that features a creamy milk and ube (purple yam) custard filling on a buttery graham pie crust.
The combination of the smooth, luscious custard made from condensed milk, sour cream, and egg yolks, along with the rich, buttery crust, creates a deliciously indulgent treat that showcases the unique flavor and color of ube.
70. Naughty Kitchen’s Ube Pop Tarts
The Ube Pop Tarts from Naughty Kitchen are a delightful twist on the classic breakfast treat, filled with ube jam and topped with ube frosting, purple sugar, and colorful sprinkles.
The combination of the rich, sweet ube jam and marshmallow fluff filling, encased in a flaky pre-made pie crust, creates a unique and scrumptious snack that brings a touch of nostalgia and a burst of vibrant purple color to your breakfast or snack time.
Other Ube Desserts
71. Brittany Angell’s Dairy Free Ube Panna Cotta
The Dairy-Free Ube Panna Cotta from BrittanyAngell.com is a light and airy dessert that is keto, sugar-free, paleo, nut-free, and egg-free, making it suitable for various dietary preferences.
The recipe features a beautiful purple color from ube extract, which comes from purple yams, and combines it with coconut milk, vanilla extract, and sugar-free honey, creating a stunning and delicious dessert that is both visually appealing and satisfying to your sweet tooth.
72. Ang Sarap’s Ube Meringue
The Ube Meringue from Ang Sarap is a delightful and simple sweet dessert made with egg whites and ube extract, baked at low heat until they achieve a crisp texture.
The combination of fluffy egg whites, sugar, and the unique flavor of ube extract creates a light, airy treat that is both visually appealing and irresistibly delicious, perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth.
73. But First, Boba’s Ube Flan
The Ube Flan from But First, Boba is a delightful twist on the classic Filipino leche flan, incorporating ube extract for a beautiful purple hue and an earthy flavor profile.
The recipe combines egg yolks, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and ube extract, resulting in a rich, silky, and creamy dessert with a sweet caramel topping that is sure to impress your taste buds.
74. Kawaling Pinoy’s Ube Pastillas
The Pastillas de Ube from Kawaling Pinoy are soft and chewy Filipino milk candies infused with a delightful purple yam flavor.
Made with frozen grated ube, condensed milk, powdered milk, lime zest, and sugar, these candies offer a perfect balance of sweetness and creaminess, making them a delicious treat for satisfying cravings or gift-giving occasions.
75. Running to the Kitchen’s Crispy Ube Fries
The Purple Sweet Potato Fries from Running to the Kitchen are crispy oven-baked fries made with fresh ube, herbs, avocado oil, garlic powder, and sea salt.
These vibrant, delicious fries offer a delightful combination of flavors and textures, with the natural sweetness of the potatoes enhanced by the fragrant herbs and the crispy exterior, making them a perfect side dish or snack to enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce.
FAQs
What pairs well with ube?
Ube’s slightly sweet, nutty flavor pairs wonderfully with a wide range of ingredients. It’s often used alongside coconut, condensed milk, and cheese in many traditional Filipino dishes. It also pairs beautifully with vanilla, white chocolate, and other types of nuts in various desserts.
Why is ube so popular?
Ube’s popularity stems from its unique flavor and vibrant purple color, which makes it a visually appealing ingredient in many Asian desserts. Its versatility also adds to its popularity; it can be used in everything from ice cream and pastries to traditional Filipino treats. Additionally, it’s a natural and wholesome source of color, which is a plus in today’s health-conscious world.
Is ube only found in the Philippines?
While ube is native to the Philippines, it’s not exclusive to this country. It’s found in various tropical regions around the world, including Southeast Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of South America. However, its use as a dessert ingredient is most prominent in Filipino cuisine. You can usually find it in most Asian supermarkets.
What does Ube cake taste like?
Ube cake has a subtle sweetness and a slightly nutty flavor, somewhat like a cross between vanilla and pistachio. Its taste is delicate yet distinct, offering a unique flavor profile that sets it apart from other cakes. The texture is typically light and moist, often layered with creamy ube filling or frosting.
Is ube the same as taro?
No, ube and taro are not the same. They’re both root vegetables and have a similar color, but they’re different species. Ube is a type of yam, while taro is a root vegetable. They also have different flavors, with ube being more subtly sweet and nutty, and taro having a starchy, slightly earthy flavor.
Is ube sweeter than taro?
Yes, ube is generally sweeter than taro. Ube’s flavor is often described as a subtle sweetness with a hint of nuttiness, while taro is more starchy and earthy with a slight sweetness. This makes ube a popular choice for desserts, while taro is often used in both savory and sweet dishes.
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