Purple Rush

Ube-macapuno ice cream and ube-macapuno cake

Food blogging synchronicity happens so often that we just take it for granted. When it happens in real life, it’s almost surreal.

Auntie L. brought slices of ube-macapuno cake the other day. Ube is purple yam and macapuno is coconut sport or freak coconut. It is a variety of coconut (Cocos nucifera) without a cavity and found only in the Philippines. It is filled with soft, chewy flesh that is favoured by sweets makers. I love buco (young coconut flesh) and macapuno is a special treat.

I was contented with the cake which had real macapuno until Auntie T. arrived with a gallon of ube-macapuno ice cream! Under ordinary circumstances, I wouldn’t buy the same flavour of cake and ice cream togehter but this amusing coincidence had me taking bites of one after the other. Hmmm… it’s not something I do or want to do everyday but at that moment, the pair came out very novel. Purple sweetness!

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7 Responses to “Purple Rush”

  1. Marketman says:
    23 October 2005 at 9:09 am

    Any ideas why ube which grows underground and macapuno high up in the trees, pair so well together???

  2. aleth says:
    23 October 2005 at 6:34 pm

    yummy - ‘kakatakam naman yung pic ng ice cream.. wala pa naman dito niyan… hmmm . . dream..dream..dream na lang muna..

  3. Lou says:
    23 October 2005 at 8:50 pm

    Karen, talking about synchronicity! I had just updated my blog after two weeks absence (jabbering on about some cute purple cauli), after which I wandered over to everyone’s sites, and I find this glorious ube thing in your blog! Yumm, I wish I had a big bowl of this right now.

  4. dexie says:
    23 October 2005 at 9:51 pm

    i haven’t eaten my weekend breakfast yet and this is just killing me..lol. in a good way :) the color is gorgeous too. :)

  5. james says:
    23 October 2005 at 11:35 pm

    wow, my favorite ice cream flavors in one can! selecta yan?
    we grew ube back in the philippines. ngayon frozen halaya na lang kami :(

  6. McAuliflower says:
    25 October 2005 at 1:03 am

    Ooooo, I’m drooling all the way over here in Oregon!

    pretty and tasty!

  7. Karen says:
    26 October 2005 at 2:53 am

    Marketman, what a question! Hehehe! I think putting two neutral flavours together then enhancing the taste with cream and sugar is the secret. I’ll have to check out the flavour barometer for that (I’m making that up).

    Sige Aleth, dream on. Count the days till you’re home again, hehehe!

    Hi Lou! Gorgeous colour this purple, no? What if we had your purple cauliflower for lunch then had ube-macapuno ice cream and cake for dessert? :cake:

    Dexie dear, come home… come home… :blooms:

    Yes James, Selecta it was. Di ba matabang pag frozen na? Hmmm… let’s see if I can experiment with canning.

    Hey Jocie! Both the cake and ice cream were indeed tasty. Rich, creamy yet with a taste of the tropics. Hmmm… how do I come up with such silly descriptions?

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