The Ube Baking Book

Name: The Ube Baking Book
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781646045440
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Decadent and Delicious Recipes with Filipino Purple Yam

By Henry Awayan

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Add a taste of the Philippines to your favourite cookies, brownies, cakes, breads, and more with the first-ever baking cookbook dedicated to the yam called ube! Ube, a purple yam originating from the Philippines, is totally unique. It is flavourful, sweet, nutty, and, best of all,... Read More

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The Ube Baking Book

$44⁹⁹

Add a taste of the Philippines to your favourite cookies, brownies, cakes, breads and more with the first-ever baking cookbook dedicated to the yam called ube!

Description

Add a taste of the Philippines to your favourite cookies, brownies, cakes, breads, and more with the first-ever baking cookbook dedicated to the yam called ube!

Ube, a purple yam originating from the Philippines, is totally unique. It is flavourful, sweet, nutty, and, best of all, bright purple. Its one-of-a-kind flavour and show-stopping colour have made it the trendiest ingredient in baked goods and desserts in Asia and around the world.

Now, with over 50 beautiful photographs and easy-to-follow recipes, award-winning baker Henry Awayan offers his traditional childhood favourites as well as brand-new creations in The Ube Baking Book, including:

Ube Halaya (Filipino jam)
Lola's Coffee Cake with Ube Crumble Topping
Traditional Halo-Halo with Ube Ice Cream
Ultraviolet Bavarian Cream
Gluten-Free Ube Mochi Pancakes
Lilac Milk Bread
And more!

Perfect for fans of Trader Joe's Ube Mochi Pancake and Waffle Mix or home chefs of all levels, this book will add a pop of colour to your baking game.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781646045440

Publisher: Ulysses Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 December 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Ulysses Press

Illustration: 50 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 144

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Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Henry Awayan New Release Cook Books Non-Fiction

About the Author

Henry Awayan is baker and owner of the award-winning Whisk Cake Creations in Alameda, CA. He began baking at the age of 10 when he baked his first cake for his mum after she returned home from a trip in the Philippines. A graduate of culinary and pastry school as well as the Ice Cream School through the Agricultural Science winter program at Penn State, he has worked for various bakeries, catering companies, restaurants, country clubs and hotels throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. After many years in the industry, he decided to follow his childhood dream and opened his very own bakery in 2014.In 2017, Henry was featured on the Food Network Show, Bakers vs Fakers. Over the past 8 years, his cakes have also been featured on local news stations and in SF Gate. Whisk Cake Creations was recently voted Best Bakery in Alameda, 2022. Henry has a strong passion for baking just as much has he has a strong passion for his family and friends. He lives in San Leandro with his wife, Margie, and two children.