Tennis-themed ube cake

Name: Tennis-themed ube cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 package Dundan Hines Moist Deluxed Yellow Cake Mix (or your yellow cake mix of choice); 1 1/3 cups water; 3 eggs; 1/3 cup butter (or vegetable oil as the original recipe calls for); 1 cup grated boiled ube; purple food coloring; 1 cup solid white vegetable shortening; 1 teaspoon coconut extract or coconut essence; 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon water; 1 libra pure cane confectioners sugar (approximately 4 cups); 1 tablespoons Wilton Meringue Powder; a pinch of salt (about 1/8 tsp.)

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Dessert

Very Easy

1 hour

Preparation

Preparation30 min

Cook time30 min

1)Coconut Buttercream:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Combine cake mix, water, eggs and oil in large bowl. Beat at low speed with electric mixer until moistened. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in ube. Add food coloring. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350F for 28-31 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 15 minutes. remove from pans; cool completely. Fill and frost cake with Coconut Buttercream Frosting (recipe follows).
2)Coconut Buttercream Frosting:
Cream shortening, flavor and water. Add dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until all ingredients have been thoroughly mixed together. Add more water, a little at a time, if needed until your desired consistency/spreadability is achieved. Blend an additional minute or so, until creamy.