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yam cake & frosting

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Sandy Lowe
Pocatello, ID

This cake is a lot like carrot cake but more moist. I got this recipe in high school from a friends mother, when I had dinner at her home one night. This was many, many years ago.

(1 rating)
yield 12 good size pieces
prep time 20 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For yam cake & frosting

  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1 1/2 c
    oil
  • 4
    eggs
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 3 c
    grated yam
  • 1 c
    chopped walnuts
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 lb
    powderd sugar
  • 1
    8 oz. box cream cheese
  • 4 Tbsp
    butter, room temperature
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla extract

How To Make yam cake & frosting

  • 1
    Cream sugar and oil.
  • 2
    Add eggs and cream well.
  • 3
    Add dry ingredients and mix well.
  • 4
    Stir in nuts and yams.
  • 5
    Bake at 325 degrees in two greased 9" round cake pans or a 9X13 greased dish. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool and frost.
  • 6
    Frosting: Cream the cream cheese and butter well. Add sugar and cream well. Add vanilla, mix well and spread on cooled cake.

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