Ube by Richardphotos

Photography • Food • posted on Feb 25, 2010

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this was from a birthday party I attended last Saturday evening.the lady is a cancer survivor and Filipina. the cake was one half Ube a very popular flavor in the Philippines and one half Mocca.they had the party catered in a local hotel near Love Field airport, but the cake was made by one of her closest friends Ube is the Filipino word for purple yam (Dioscorea alata). It contains pigments that gives its violet color.In the Philippines, ube is cooked with sugar and eaten as a sweetened dessert or jam called halaya ube which is a medium violet color. Ube is also an ingredient in the fruity dessert halo halo, another popular Filipino dessert. Ube is sometimes confused with the Okinawa sweet potato.Ube is now used in a variety of desserts, as well as a flavor for ice cream, milk, Swiss rolls, tarts, cookies, cakes, and other pastries. Ube also sometimes is used in the Philippines to denote the colour purple or violet. feel free to take a piece and thanks for stopping and any comments

Comments (72)

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ledwolorz

3:15AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Happy Birthday .Beautiful cake.

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njb2000

3:18AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Great looking cake nice decoration Nice bit of information very interesting!

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praep

3:20AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Very nice cake - I like the intensive color.

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Madbat

3:23AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Well...I always wondered why there was no blue food...it's hiding in the Philippines! And now I'm hungry!

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rainbows

4:06AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Wonderful cake, happy Birthday to your friend, dear Richard. It is nice to see and hear about different things. Hugs. Diane. xx

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farmerC

4:07AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Shining creation.

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Rerewhakaaitu

4:09AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Does anybody mind if I take tim out for a later night supper? I'm hungry!! Very well done, and your explanation is very intersting. Thankyou

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claude19

4:20AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Bel anniversary for this very young lady! I appreciate your personnal comments !!! Thanks Richard !

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Rainastorm

4:58AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Oh this looks delightful!! Yummy as well! Beautiful job on this. I miss decorating cakes, but its been so long now. sigh lol Excellent info on Ube by the way!

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carlx

5:57AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Excellent Birthday cake!!!

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BIGBEAR1965

6:15AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Cool shot!

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pennykay

6:38AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Great shot Richard!

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Bampster

6:41AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

May this woman live long and prosper! Fascinating info as well as a great photo--excellence all around, Richard!!!!!

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magnus073

7:10AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

First of all it is so great to hear she was able to survive cancer and you were able to be there to help celebrate her birthday. The cake looks great and I very much enjoyed your detailed description of the ube flavor

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pixeluna

7:11AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Thank you for that piece of cake, Richard. It's a good reminder of old times when I was in the Philippines, ube cake, ube ice cream, ube candies. It's similar to sweet yam but purple. That looks delicious, yum!

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lior

7:31AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

A happy birthday to you friend!

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mapps

7:55AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

wow purple cake very cool :-)

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lwperkins

8:02AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Wow, how awesome is that--it really is purple! I had no idea there was such a thing and I can honestly say I have never confused Ube with Okinawa sweet potato;))

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flavia49

8:24AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

wonderful images and info!!! excellent!!

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flora-crassella

8:40AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

a very unusual color for a cake!!!! Great shot! thank you for the interesting informations!

lucindawind

9:02AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

wow Ive never seen a purple cake before ... greats shots

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mickeyrony

9:13AM | Thu, 25 February 2010

Hummmmmm. Good late Happy Birthday with this Lady. Beautiful presentation and surely very gouteux this cake in the two manners. And thank you my God another for saved like. ((5++)) Hummmmmm. Bonne fête en retard à cette Dame . Belle présentation et surement très gouteux ce gâteau des deux manières . Et merci mon Dieu une autre de sauvée comme . ((5++))

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