sweet potato cake

Name: Sweet Potato Cake
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cup(s) cooking oil; 2 cup(s) sugar; 4 large eggs, separated; 2-1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 3 tablespoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 4 tablespoon(s) hot water; 1-1/2 cup(s) sweet potatoes, raw and grated; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla flavoring

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Bryson Hatfield

Sophia, NC

Updated on Dec 31, 2011

This is a very delicious, fall like cake. Very moist and the coconut icing really gives it texture and flavor..... Yum!

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Ingredients

1-1/2 cup cooking oil
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, separated
2-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons hot water
1-1/2 cup sweet potatoes, raw and grated
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

How To Make sweet potato cake

Step 1

Combine oil and sugar and beat until smooth. Add egg yolks and beat well. Add hot water, then dry ingredients, which have been sifted together. Stir in potatoes, pecans and vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture.

Step 2

Bake in 3 greased and floured 8 inch cake pans for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and frost.
Step 3

Combined 1 large can EVAPORATED milk, 3 egg yolks, 1 cup sugar and 1 stick margarine in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, about 12 minutes, or until thick. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring and 1-1/3 cups flaked coconut. Beat until cool with mixer and spread between layers and top of cake.
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