Ube Macapuno Cake Recipe for FIA's Cake-a-Thon

My fun family of UAE food bloggers celebrated its 1st birthday at Tea Junction with a Cake-A-Thon party!

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FIA had a sugar high birthday celebration with not just 1 cake but more than 15 cakes! Imagine a full spread of cakes in front of you, just by looking at the yummy goodies you are off  to sugar la..la..land.

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When I wrote this birthday post last July, there was 56 of us and after 3 months we have grown to 70 foodies. I can't put into words how blessed and happy I am to be part of this family.

Arva announced that we are going to celebrate FIA birthday with cakes I initially planned to bring V's favorite Moist Chocolate Cake then as I was checking if I had the ingredients C suggested to bring Ube Macapuno Cake (his favorite) since he was sure that there would be atleast 2 chocolate cake on the event.

You can read more FIA birthday post from FooDee, GingerAndScotch, MyCustardPie, and IriniSavva. (I may be missing some posts, will edit list if needed)

And before I forget our group just relaunched with a new name - Fooderati Arabia. If you're a UAE base food blogger drop us a note and join our growing family. Don't forget to like Fooderati Arabia facebook page to get the latest food recipe, restaurant reviews and lots of food love.

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I have been searching for the perfect Ube Macapuno Cake just like what Red Ribbon sells back home. I've tried several recipes found online some requires the use of ube jam, while some just make use of ube flavoring , and others that use the jam as the frosting itself. So many to choose from and luckily I found one from Corrine of Heart of Mary that was just perfect for us.

 

[caption id="attachment_750" align="aligncenter" width="472"] Photo by Devina Divecha of FooDee[/caption]

 

Here's the recipe and I do hope that you give it a try.

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Happy Birthday UAE Food Bloggers (aka FIA)!

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A special yummy birthday post for a food loving and equally beautiful 56 talented UAE Food Bloggers!

 

My once a upon FIA story began when I commented and joined Rajani's (eatwritethink) blog giveaway April this year.

 

MyNappytales started as a baby-mommy blog then I stopped when we moved here for Bana's work, fast forward to March this year I decided to write about food and once again I found time to blog. I actually first virtually met Kari and Sandy when Vierte had some chicken and soup craving which led to visiting other UAE base bloggers. I didn't know then that FIA existed.

 

After 3 food related post Rajani asked if I wanted to join a UAE food group without hesitation I said YES. Arva (iliveinafryingpan) fried up an overwhelming welcome message (made me smile ear to ear) and introduce me to the group FB page.

 

I already got to meet some of them at the Farmers Market for some photography lesson, baked our goodies at BakeFestDXB, lined up at Tavola to meet Martha Stewart, and just recently went on a food safari at Atlantis. From finding one food item to restaurant recommendation to photography tips each one helps.

 

FIA added spice to my boring SAHM life, everyday I read and learn a thing or two on each blogpost.

 

Besides winning the blog giveaway I aslo won a new set of friends. I'm so happy to be among happy delicious people.

Happy Birthday 1st birthday Famished In Arabia!

 

Hop on to Ms. FryingPan's  post here for some FIA history.