Ube Cake Red Ribbon Copycat

Line (4) FOUR 6 inch pan with parchment paper.Don't grease the pan.

Pre heat oven at 350 F and put the wire rack at the middle of the oven.

Add 1 teaspoon of ube flavor to the measuring glass (pleas check video) add the milk to total liquid of 100 ml.

Put egg yolks in a small bowl.

Add in the sugar and mix. Add the cake flour. Mix

Add the oil and coconut milk / ube flavor  mixture and mix.

Mix using a wire whisk until all of the ingredients are incorporated.

Add the extra teaspoon of the Ube Flavoring

Set aside.

Put egg whites in a stand mixer bowl and mix until frothy.

Add the cream of tartar and mix. Add the sugar intermittently. 3 times and mix until stiff peaks.

You can tell if it is stiff peaks, when meringue forms a horn when you pull the whisk upward.

When meringue is ready, scoop about a cup of meringue mixture and add it into the egg yolk mixture.

Use a folding method in mixing. Using a spatula, scoop mixture then pull up until all of the mixture are incorporated. Do this gently, folding too hard will result in a hard chiffon cake.

Add mixture into the rest of the meringue and mix again using the folding method.

Transfer mixture into a NON GREASE 6 inch pan  and pour cake batter equally in each pan. You can eyeball or weigh the batter. tap the pan in a flat surface to remove air bubbles.

Bake at pre heated 350 F oven for 10-15 minutes. Start checking at 12 minutes using a toothpick test method - insert the toothpick in the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, it is cook.

Let cool until pan is cold to touch and transfer cake in a cooling rack to cool the cake completely.

Place cream cheese in a medium size bowl and beat until soft and smooth.

Add the heavy whipping  cream slowly in about 4 intervals - until the cream cheese resembles a liquid mixture. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.

Add the sugar and vanilla extract  and beat in between to smoothen mixture.

Beat until stiff peaks.

Use immediately.

Remove parchment paper from the cake and process one layer in the processor for rough crumbs to cover the cake.

Take a cup of the frosting and put into the piping bag.

Place one layer and fill with the frosting.

Put the other layer and frost.

Top the last layer and frost the cake completely.

Cover the whole cake with the crumbs and decorate using your favorite decorating tip. I use the star tip in this cake.