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Roots In Rice Ube Cake Mix
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Our Verdict
The ube cake mix to buy if you're baking for someone who avoids gluten or top allergens. It's pricey, but it uses real ube, no artificial dyes, and makes a soft, naturally purple cake, which is hard to find in an allergy-friendly mix.
What We Liked
- Certified gluten-free and made in a facility free of the top 9 allergens, so it's one of the few ube cake mixes that works for people with celiac disease or food allergies
- Made with real dehydrated ube, and colored with vegetable juice instead of artificial food dyes
- Rice flour and potato starch give it the soft, springy crumb of a Filipino chiffon-style ube cake, not the dense texture some gluten-free cakes have
- The dry mix is dairy-free, so you can use plant-based milk for a fully dairy-free cake
Drawbacks
- About $15 a box, more than double the price of Filipino grocery-store mixes like Pondan
- You need to add eggs, milk, and oil, so it isn't a just-add-water shortcut
Key Features
- Certified gluten-free; dry mix is dairy-free
- Produced in a top-9-allergen-free facility
- Made with dehydrated ube; no artificial flavors, preservatives, or dyes
- Makes about 12 servings; add eggs, milk, and a neutral oil