Ube Bars / Ube Lamingtons Recipe

Cake bars dipped in ube glaze and coated with coconut flakes.

5 from 4 votes

Ube Bars / Ube Lamingtons Recipe

Ube bars are soft and fluffy cake bars coated with a sweet purple yam (ube) glaze and rolled in desiccated coconut. Get a taste of this popular baker's treat right in your own kitchen.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: cake, purple yam, snack, ube

Servings: big bars

Calories: 534kcal

Author: Bebs

Ingredients

Cake:

¾ cups sugar
½ cup butter softened at room temperature
2 large eggs at room temperature
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ cup milk
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Ube Glaze :

1 can Ube Condensed Milk see notes to make it from scratch
¼ cup hot water

Coating:

1-2 cups desiccated coconut

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350° F/180°C. Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch (20 cm) square cake pan. Then line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes).
¾ cups sugar, ½ cup butter
Add the rest of the cake ingredients and mix at medium speed just until well combined and blended. Do not over mix. (See Note 1)
¾ cups sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ½ cup milk, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Pour the thick batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before completely removing it from the pan to a cooling rack. Once the cake has cooled down enough, cut the cake into half then into smaller bars.
Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Pour condensed milk in a pan then add water. Bring this to a simmer. Add the ube flavoring and mix just until well blended. Turn the heat off and transfer to a flat, deep plate.
1 can Ube Condensed Milk, ¼ cup hot water
Place the desiccated coconut on a plate or wide bowl.
1-2 cups desiccated coconut
Take a piece of the cake bar and roll it with ube glaze. Then dredge it with desiccated coconut to cover completely.
Transfer to a serving plate and enjoy

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Notes

NOTE 1: The batter should be pale yellow and quite thick. If the batter looks a bit curdled it means the eggs or butter are not quite at room temperature, just beat for a few more seconds, in this case.

UBE GLAZE FROM SCRATCH:

1 can (300ml) sweetened condensed milk
½ cup water
1-2 tbsp liquid ube flavoring

Pour condensed milk into a pan then add water. Bring this to a simmer. Add the ube flavoring and mix just until well blended. Turn the heat off and transfer to a flat, deep plate.

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