Spiced Sweet Potato Cake

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Potatoes, Cakes
Keywords:	sweet, potato
Serves:	12
Prep Time:	10 Min
Cook Time:	1 Hr 5 Min

Ingredients

2 c	2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
2 3/4 c	flour
2 tsp	ground cinnamon
1 1/4 tsp	ground ginger
1 tsp	baking powder
1 tsp	baking soda
1/2 tsp	salt
2 c	sugar
1 c	vegetable oil
4 lg	eggs
1 tsp	vanilla extract
FOR ICING
1 c	powdered sugar
3/4 c	packed dark brown sugar
1/2 c	whipping cream
1/4 c	butter
1/4 tsp	vanilla

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Cassie Long

Well Seasoned

Western, PA

1lovetocook1x

Member Since Dec 2011

Cassie's Notes:

Great for Thanksgiving! Made this last year, and wasn't a piece left. It's even better the next day. Makes the house smell divine while baking.

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Thoroughly grease a 12 cup Bundt pan. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In a large mixing bowl combine the sweet potatoes, oil, and sugar. Beat until smooth. Add eggs two at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the flour mixture and beat until just blended. Add the vanilla and mix to incorporate. Transfer the batter to the Bundt pan.

Bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a cake tester comes out mostly clean. Cool the cake in the pan for about 15 minutes, then invert onto a cake platter.

For the icing, sift the powdered sugar into a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, stir the brown sugar, cream, and butter on med-low heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour the mixture over the powdered sugar and whisk until it is smooth and lightened in color. Cool the icing until it is lukewarm and falls in thick ribbons from the whisk. Spoon over the cake allowing the icing to flow slowly down the sides.

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Latisha Jones LuverofChocolate

Sep 12, 2012

This looks delicious! Can't wait to try this.

Cassie Long 1lovetocook1x

Sep 12, 2012

It is delicious, I made it last Thanksgiving, and was a real pleaser!..Let me know if you try it, how you liked it..

cyndi gillingham cyndiloopoo

Sep 12, 2012

What do you do with the saltine cracker crumbs?

Cassie Long 1lovetocook1x

Sep 12, 2012

Cyndi, thanks for pointing that out, should have just been salt. Not saltines....lol I edited to say salt.

carlita epperson ittldo

Sep 12, 2012

What about the 1/4 cup butter cream frosting in the icing?

Cassie Long 1lovetocook1x

Sep 12, 2012

Carlita, all I know is when typing in the ingredients, those are not what I typed, have edited, but they don't show up right away. Thanks anyway for pointing out, as far as I can see, the rest is right.

Cassie Long 1lovetocook1x

Sep 12, 2012

1/4 cup of butter for frosting, not butter cream frosting..wish edits would show up a bit sooner..

Becky Graves BeckyG1

Sep 13, 2012

Cassie, Thanks! I Love sweet potatoes!!

Cassie Long 1lovetocook1x

Sep 13, 2012

You're welcome Becky, hope you like it.

Latisha, let me know if you try it...

Latisha Jones LuverofChocolate

Sep 13, 2012

Cassie I will let you know when I make this in a couple of weeks for a potluck at work. This is how I test most of my new recipes.

Latisha Jones LuverofChocolate

Sep 19, 2012

Thank you so much for this recipe Cassie. I took it in for a potluck and there was nothing left! Everyone wanted to know where I got the recipe. Thank you again for such a wonderful cake recipe. I will be making this again for thanksgiving.

Cassie Long 1lovetocook1x