sweet potato "please don't call the pound" cake
Clyde & Horton just love this! You can either make it into a tube/bundt, loaf or pupcakes!
prep time
10 Min
cook time
1 Hr 10 Min
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 2 cups sweet potatoes, cooked, cooled & mashed
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup honey
- 4 x large eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups unbleached white flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- FROSTING (OPTIONAL):
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 - 8 oz. packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon canola oil
How To Make sweet potato "please don't call the pound" cake
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease pan desired (tube, bundt, loaf or muffin/cupcake).
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Step 2In a large bowl, beat together potatoes, vanilla, & honey until well blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute for each egg. Add shortening & beat until well combined.
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Step 3In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon & nutmeg. Slowly add the flour mixture to the sweet potato mixture. Beat on slow speed until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
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Step 4Bake for 60 - 70 minutes. Cool. Store in sealed container in refrigerator.
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Step 5FROSTING: While cake is cooling, beat shortening, cream cheese & oil in a medium bowl until smooth.
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Step 6Clyde approved! -
Step 7Horton approved!
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