Sweet Potato Cake
6 photos of Sweet Potato Cake Recipe
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
- 1 1/4 lb
- sweet potatoes (about 2 large)
- 2 c
- self rising flour
- 1/2 tsp
- ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp
- ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp
- ground cinnamon
- 2 c
- sugar
- 1 c
- canola oil
- 4
- large eggs
- 2/3 c
- sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1 c
- shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 c
- chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
- 1
- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1
- 3 oz pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1 lb
- (about 4 cups) confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp
- vanilla extract
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
How to Make Sweet Potato Cake
- 1Cook 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.
- 2Preheat 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.
- 3Combine sweet potato, sugar, oil eggs, and condensed milk in large bowl; beat at medium speed with mixer until well combined.
- 4Add flour mixture, beating until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Stir in coconut, and nuts, if desired. Spoon into prepared pans.
- 5Bake 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in centers of cakes comes out clean.
- 6Cool on wire racks for 5 minutes, remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
- 7Place 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) - 8Beat cream cheese in large bowl at medium speed until fluffy; gradually add sugar.
- 9Add vanilla; beat until smooth.
About Sweet Potato Cake
Course/Dish: Cakes
Hashtags: #potato, #Dessert Sweet
