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Sesame Ube Cake 🍽️ Filipino
A soft purple yam chiffon cake layered with light cream frosting, a Filipino favourite. This sesame version is finished with toasted sesame seeds. Ready in about 1 hour 5 minutes.
Ingredients 🫙 Vegetable Oil 1/2 cup 🥚 Eggs 5, separated 🧀 Milk 1/2 cup 🌾 All-Purpose Flour 2 cups 🫙 Sugar 1 cup 🫙 Baking Powder 1 tbsp 🧀 Cream Cheese 200 g 🍦 Whipped Cream 1 1/2 cups 🍠 Ube Halaya 1 cup Optional extras 🌶️ Vanilla Extract 1 tsp 🫙 Toasted Sesame Seeds 1 tsp Instructions 1 Heat the oven to 165°C and line two cake tins.
2 Whisk yolks, half the sugar, oil, milk and ube halaya; sift in flour and baking powder.
3 Whip the whites with the remaining sugar to stiff peaks and fold in gently.
4 Bake 30–35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean; cool completely.
5 Beat cream cheese with some ube halaya, fold in whipped cream, and layer and frost the cake.
6 Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.
Chef's tip
Bake by visual cues as well as time: every oven runs a little differently.
Video: UBE CHEESE BUCHI · on YouTube
Sesame Ube Cake
Time 65 min
Serves 10
Level Hard
Prep / cook 30 / 35 min Ingredients 🫙 Vegetable Oil 1/2 cup 🥚 Eggs 5, separated 🧀 Milk 1/2 cup 🌾 All-Purpose Flour 2 cups 🫙 Sugar 1 cup 🫙 Baking Powder 1 tbsp 🧀 Cream Cheese 200 g 🍦 Whipped Cream 1 1/2 cups 🍠 Ube Halaya 1 cup Optional 🌶️ Vanilla Extract 1 tsp 🫙 Toasted Sesame Seeds 1 tsp Steps Heat the oven to 165°C and line two cake tins. Whisk yolks, half the sugar, oil, milk and ube halaya; sift in flour and baking powder. Whip the whites with the remaining sugar to stiff peaks and fold in gently. Bake 30–35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean; cool completely. Beat cream cheese with some ube halaya, fold in whipped cream, and layer and frost the cake. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds. 
