Posted by UBE.25
Ube is more than a purple latte. The powder dissolves easily, gives a mild vanilla-like flavour and a deep purple colour, and works just as well in drinks as in baked goods. Below you will find the most delicious applications, from classic Filipino to modern.
Drinks with ube
- Hot ube latte: the classic. Creamy, purple and ready in 2 minutes.
- Iced ube latte: ice-cold milk with a purple swirl.
- Ube cold foam: thick purple foam for iced coffee or cold brew.
- Ube matcha latte: a layered drink with ube at the bottom and matcha on top.
- Dirty ube latte: an ube latte with a shot of espresso on top.
- Ube smoothie or milkshake: mix a teaspoon of powder with banana, milk and ice.
For all drinks: first whisk the powder into a small amount of hot water with a bamboo whisk. After that, it mixes perfectly, even with cold milk.
Baking with ube
Ube gives baked goods a striking colour and a mild flavour that pairs well with butter, white chocolate and coconut. Try, for example:
- Chewy ube cookies, optionally with a marbled effect
- Pancakes or waffles with a scoop of ube in the batter
- Cupcakes and cake with ube in the batter or buttercream
- Donuts with a purple ube glaze
Tip: first mix the powder with a little warm water or milk, then the colour will distribute evenly through the dough.
Desserts with ube
- Ube lemon tart: fresh, creamy and completely plant-based.
- No-bake ube cheesecake
- Ube ice cream or an ube swirl through vanilla ice cream
- Ube panna cotta or pudding with coconut milk
Classics from the Philippines
In the Philippines, ube has been loved for generations. The best-known dishes:
- Ube halaya: a sweet ube paste with coconut milk, the base of many desserts.
- Halo-halo: an ice cream cup with shaved ice, fruit, jelly and ube.
- Ube ensaymada: soft bread rolls with ube filling.
Want to know more about its origins? Read what is ube?
Which combinations work best?
- Coconut: the classic Filipino combination.
- White chocolate and vanilla: enhance the mild sweetness.
- Lime and lemon: add freshness. Note: acidity makes the colour pinker.
- Espresso and matcha: for a drink with more character.
Get started
With a bag of ube powder from UBE.25 you can make approximately 50 lattes, or a large amount of baked goods. View all our ube recipes for step-by-step instructions. Want ube on your business menu? Check out ube for hospitality.
