I Recreated My Friend's Favorite Ube Cake From The Philippines

hey guys it's Inca you know sometimes you have that like one thing from your childhood that one like really special food item that you just like keep on thinking about you really miss even when you're all grown up today I will be recreating that taste of home for my friend he is somebody who really really liked boob a cake when he was a kid I want to be able to recreate that taste for him right here in the BuzzFeed kitchen so let's bring in Steven hi how's it going I know you're kind of obsessed with eBay mm-hmm what is it for people who don't know what it is oh god I should have prepared what is uber uber is purple yam it's popular in the Philippines and used in a lot of desserts I don't think of it as the yam I think of it as the jam there's a period in my childhood where I just remember loving anything that was I didn't grow up in the Philippines but it was like that connection to who I was family to our culture I didn't think about it in that way but it was just warm and it was purple and we didn't have it all the time it was like special occasions like on birthdays like Christmas for us my momma or my cousin would make like a big cake and it just tasted so good my uncle usually grabs it from this famous bakery ribbon I liked it better than chocolate cake I liked it better than vanilla cake even though I'm a very vanilla person okay I love vanilla everything but there was the one where I was like when I was looking at recipes Ruby cake there was this ube hulk hawaii hawaii hawaiian hilarya you say ha ha yeah the stresses on the yeah and so Jaleo hello yeah hello yeah hello yeah yeah yeah hello hello yeah this was a key component of that like ooh big cake recipe do you have a family recipe for that I texted my mom the recipe she knows is from her mom my grandmother and and it's like such a simple recipe I had no idea I came ready I don't think about these things it's like literally like five ingredients let's start with this let's make this happen and you can take a photo and show it to your mom and say that you finally made it after all these years cool literally never thought I would make it but let's do it ube hell yeah well hello this is after we boiled it so beautiful I know you say your mom doesn't make it I think she could and after this I totally don't make her do it I thought you would say after this you would make it for her yes that's what I'm gonna do it's terrible I'm just grading it so mushy and whoa weird it looks like brains according to grandma we only need two cups of this so also I call my grandma your Lola said five ingredients evaporated milk butter tell me what this is water lemon juice and sugar I thought you knew your grandma's recipe you want to do the honors yes can I do everything should I be doing this like we do in case you guys do in taste he's like if I getting in a tasty mood oh yes my family would be so proud this year is the first year I've finally been like okay it's time to grow up it's time to start cooking but I literally have yet to make a single Filipino dish and this is my first in my life yeah now it's uh gonna be on video forever it took Engel em to get me to make Filipino food I feel like in a lot of our families we don't really have like written recipes it's in the soul it's in the gut yeah sure that's why the rest of us don't know now we're gonna put in the eBay look at that look at the colors it's so purple love it I actually think adding a little bit of condensed milk makes it even creamier in Filipino dessert there's a lot of good right can i smoke yeah I remember being a kid is like I'm not gonna do it gonna eat it later you can't put my finger in okay good nice look at that I love hiring Lola said cook over low heat until done she doesn't - say what what the internet tells me is that it's supposed to turn really sticky so now we just wait wow you are a pro does this look right yeah that's what I know this is the ube you know you may add the lemon juice wow you're just excited I'm so for me all right all right yeah I want one too cheers Cheers that's good that's really good oh my god that's so good Wow good job hey you did it you told me what to do oh my god it's milky it's creamy but you get that movie flavor it's like not too sweet this is like what I remember when I was like yeah my best memories of like wanting this wasn't like from when it was like four or five like warm fresh baby my mom did I literally used to like look for ube like because I remember it tasting like this oh that's so I don't even need to make cake anymore other peoples I've tried - no this is like what I remember it voicing like when I was a kid before we go and use it this is how we you know my dad it's not really like in a jar now you can take the tree home yeah of course you can try you're gonna have a lot to bring home I get to take this home yeah the best day alright Steven likes it's time to close it it's beautiful yeah he just made that this is like magical ha ha ha I like want this every day earlier I took you asking me and it took me a day or two to remember and that's like holy crap when I was little I used to want this so bad and I forgot cuz nothing tastes like heaven good no one's made my Lola's recipe so high five all right reset and then cakes yes cake let's do cake wait so we have the dry ingredients here wet ingredients and we have like a meringue base we're gonna start by putting this in the stand mixer egg whites sugar yeah literally used to make meringue as a kid all the time to logistics way really just to make like pavlova oh good cuz it was just eggs and sugar tell me you don't cook we're gonna come here can we zoom in on a Steven with this uh this baby baby yeah you're a little eBay baby it's so warm baby and she's gonna mix for a while next things is to put this down mixed up we're going to sift the dry ingredients flour sugar salt baking powder I'm baking yes you are here also spilling everywhere well you didn't tell me not to now we're just gonna sift it all now we have the wet ingredients egg booboo heylia Wow you're seeing really also why is there food color sheeting it's not just so vibrant but when you bake it into a cave it just becomes like a lighter purple I know you want this to look like the red ribbon bakery ube cake keeping it I think is the better idea a vegetable oil and milk this is eBay extracts Oh it smells like bubble tea and I put the eggs in now ooh this is a fun Wow we need to do this all the time do it at your apartment will do more parties look at that cool it's like magic why is it food coloring so thick this is movie extracts oh it's purple I handed you you ready for this one your favorite oh no it's stuck oh I don't know what I'm doing oh I got it I got it you got it I got this ready I'm just mixing it oh my god I'm so nervous cool just mix it until it's combined and then we're good Wow I need to bake more often maybe I'll make you a cake for Christmas oh the ideas I told you life-changing so we're done with the whisk and meringue is almost done Boop this be so stiff nice we're just gonna fold it in we don't want to mix it too much because if we do then all the air will go out [Music] all right can I try the cake better are you okay with raw eggs yeah kids don't do this ask your parents before you do it I can taste the meringue and the batter you can't oh my god cake batters the best my god I do a little tap tap see how instantly helps the boy you know the Tri poll that just gave me that oh it just got goosebumps okay okay not like this gentleman so far so good so the cakes are out of the oven I'm just letting it cool in the fridge meanwhile we're gonna work on the cream cheese frosting oh I love cream cheese frosting I feel like everything this whole day has been my favorite look at how thick and fluffy it is oh wow I've never held of a cake with my hands before this is interesting he has so many weird AFER's we're gonna actually cut it remember the red ribbon cake it has like the crumbles on top fourth layer we're gonna crumble that one up you're so fancy I'm not fancy I'm just falling follow your dreams the picture you painted for me oh it's it's very moist had no idea that that's what you do you ready you got it Oh Agis have a same reaction to what hey I'm just gonna tear it up do it it's toss it in its social in here now that it's in all hope is not lost it I knew it just go dude [Music] I'm gonna take it out take time mm I'm gonna do a little dab dab here dab bottom layer big piece glue it on there put some of this cream cheese frosting on top of it getting hungry all over again and I'm so full what did you say you were on a food coma I know but I'm getting hungry for dessert so it is now frosted and they just like it's just yeah I'm not gonna sell me this we're just gonna do don't move a it okay not like that you said I could you can do whatever you want this shirt do a little pep pad green now it's really purple rain don't forget the sides you want to press it on there [Music] this it's an ube glaze a lot of powdered sugar and water and butter to give it that nice shine through the cream first here we go Wow beautiful now do we get to eat your mom hi hi look mom we made a movie cake and look we made a bet how they up from scratch oh my god you know how to make it I do now I'll bring this home and then we can make some at home for Christmas Oh mother you're adorable is it time time meeting time oh wow that is kind of perfect oh my god and with that icing hmm everything I remember from being good Wow my life is forever change thanks Inga making your dreams come true I love this I'm gonna take my jam I'm gonna take my cake and I will see you later let us know what chaga recipe that you really liked down below in the comments and see you next time you [Music]

Channel: BuzzFeedVideo

Views: 1,182,033

Rating: 4.9669757 out of 5

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Id: Xfz_kglF6ZU

Length: 14min 14sec (854 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 11 2020