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Ube Ensaymada with Cream Cheese Frosting

This Ube Ensaymada with Cream Cheese Frosting is a perfect bread for breakfast or snacks. This is filled with Ube Halaya and is sweet, soft, and of course, cheesy.
Author: Shobee

Equipment

  • Instant Pot Duo Crisp
  • Conventional Oven
  • electric mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Dough Scraper
  • Weighing scale (optional)

Ingredients

I use the Classic Ensaymada recipe cut in half please see notes

Yeast Mixture

  • 1 tsp Active Dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup water

DOUGH

  • 1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 small egg
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp Ube Halaya Flavor

Water Roux

  • 1/8 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1/4 cup water

Filling

Cream Cheese Frostinb

  • 18 oz ream Cheese
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Yeast Mixture

  • Warm 1/4 cup water and add the yeast. Set aside for 5- 10 minutes until bubbles form.

Make a roux

  • Mix flour and water in a small saucepan. Turn on the heat in low fire and mix until pasty. Let cool and set aside until use.

Make the Dough

  • Brush a large bowl with oil and set aside until ready to use. Brush also a round mold with nonstick oil and set aside.
  • Brush pan and bowl with melted butter and set aside.
  • Mix flour, sugar, and salt in a large size bowl and make a well in the middle. Add the proofed yeast, egg, Ube flavor, and the water roux mixture. Mix and when you've formed a dough that looks like mud, add the butter.
  • Mix on medium for seven minutes,
    Note that this will be a very wet dough, it will be hard to work on it, so you need to coat your hands with flour.
  • Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and cover it with a cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for an hour.
  • When ready, punch the dough twice and work on a floured surface. Form a circle and divide it into 8 pieces (depending on the size of the Ube Ensaymada you want).
    Always have the flour handy so that you can coat and sprinkle a small amount of it when you are working on the dough, since it is very soft and wet.
  • Form each piece into a ball and flatten it in between your hand and fill it with the Ube Halaya, and seal the dough. Or, you can form the dough into a 4x6 rectangle. put the filling and roll it to one end and shape it into a disk. Fill a small amount of filling when doing this, so that the bread will not puff during baking. Place the filled dough into the prepared mold. Cover and let rise for another 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F and bake for twenty-two minutes. Let cool and frost.

Make the frosting

  • Place the cream cheese in a large bowl and mix until it is smooth. Add the powdered sugar and mix. Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract. Add the remaining sugar and mix until there are no lumps present.

Bake in the Instant Pot Duo

  • Follow all the instructions above and put the dough into the prepared mold, Put the mold in a round eight-inch pan and put it on top of the trivet.
  • Cover the dough with the air fryer lid and push the bake setting button.
  • Set the temperature to 350 F and set the timer to eight minutes.

How to Frost

  • Let the Ensaymada cool for five minutes and frost with the cream cheese. Shred the cheese on top.

Bake in the Oven

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F
  • Follow all the instructions.
  • Line the mold in a baking sheet
  • Bake the bread for 28 minutes.
  • Frost

Notes

Yes this is a sticky recipe. As you added the butter, knead until you are sure the butter had been incorporated. So, maybe, 4-5 minutes.
BE PATIENT WHEN THE DOUGH IS STICKY. DON'T ADD TOO MUCH FLOUR. JUST COAT HAND WITH OIL.
If you wan to use the full recipe for this bread click>>> Ensaymada