“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 ...

Inquirer president and CEO Sandy Prieto-Romualdez (second from left) hands a copy of “Best Desserts” to SSI marketing communications head Mitch Suarez, with Lifestyle editor Thelma Sioson San Juan ...

Butterboy Baking is debuting NYC’s first flavor-led Filipino cake decorating workshop in Queens to celebrate vibrant profiles of ube and pandan.

Try this Ube Cake Recipe for a rich, deep purple cake with the rich flavor of ube! Ube is a beautiful deep purple yam famous in the Philippines. Ube extract and ube powder are much easier to find here ...

They’re calling it the new matcha. Yes, the Philippines’ purple yam, or our mighty ube, is slowly taking over the world. From the insanely expensive gold flake-covered ube mousse-filled Golden Cristal ...

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