Sweet Potato Cake
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By
Cecelia Anderson
@ceander
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I first saw this recipe in a pamphlet, and I held on to it for about six years. I always said I was going to try it. Well I finally did. My first cake, I left out the coconut and the nuts, and just made a plain batter, and baked it in a bundt pan. It came out very moist and delicious. Just make sure you don't overfill the bundt pan. Fill it up a little over half-way.
Ingredients
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1 1/4 lbsweet potatoes (about 2 large)
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2 cself rising flour
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1/2 tspground ginger
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1/2 tspground nutmeg
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1/2 tspground cinnamon
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2 csugar
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1 ccanola oil
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4large eggs
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2/3 csweetened condensed milk
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 cshredded sweetened coconut
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1 cchopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
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18 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
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13 oz pkg. cream cheese, softened
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1 lb(about 4 cups) confectioners' sugar, sifted
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1 tspvanilla extract
How to Make Sweet Potato Cake
- Cook whole potatoes in boiling water to cover until tender, about 20 minutes. Cut open: cool completely. Spoon potato flesh into a bowl; mash until smooth. Measure enough potato puree to equal 1 1/2 cups.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. Combine flour, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon in medium bowl.
- Combine sweet potato, sugar, oil eggs, and condensed milk in large bowl; beat at medium speed with mixer until well combined.
- Add flour mixture, beating until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Stir in coconut, and nuts, if desired. Spoon into prepared pans.
- Bake 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in centers of cakes comes out clean.
- Cool on wire racks for 5 minutes, remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
- Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup icing, and top with other cake layer. Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake.
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows) - Beat cream cheese in large bowl at medium speed until fluffy; gradually add sugar.
- Add vanilla; beat until smooth.
About Sweet Potato Cake
Course/Dish: Cakes
Hashtags: #potato #Dessert Sweet
