my delicious gingered sweet potato pineapple cake
This cake came about with having 3 sweet potatoes in my pantry, that would soon be going bad...I had some candied ginger in my fridge and plenty of pineapple, so I thought, what a great combination...so here is my ending results...scrumptiously moist & delicious! Sweet potatoes aren't just for Thanksgiving! Enjoy my recipe!
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
yield
12
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups cooked & peeled sweet potato - mashed ( about 3 med potatoes )
- 20 ounces crushed pineapple - drained and juice squeezed out
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 4 - eggs
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon candied ginger - minced
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- GLAZE
- 1 - 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
How To Make my delicious gingered sweet potato pineapple cake
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Step 1Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Spray a 9 - 12 cup Bundt cake pan with non stick cooking spray - I use bakers secret.
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Step 2Pierce potatoes and microwave for roughly 8 minutes, cool, peel and cut into chunks.
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Step 3In a medium bowl, whisk together, flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, candied ginger and salt. Set aside.
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Step 4In a medium sized bowl; mix potatoes with well drained pineapple, until potatoes are smooth.
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Step 5Add oil and sugar, mix until well blended. Add eggs 2 at a time, blending well after each addition.
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Step 6Now, add flour mixture and beat until well blended. Stir in vanilla.
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Step 7Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 60 - 65 minutes or until pick inserted comes out clean.
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Step 8Cool cake on rack for 15 minutes, carefully turn cake onto serving platter and finish cooling completely. Make glaze when cake is just luke warm.
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Step 9Glaze: Sift powdered sugar in mixing bowl with chopped pecans. In a medium saucepan; add cream, sugar and butter. Over low heat; melt butter and sugar together, until sugar is melted. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously for 2 minutes. Pour into the confectioners' sugar and pecan mixture. Whisk until smooth...if you want a thicker glaze add more sugar. I let it set up for a few minutes, then pour over cake. Delicious!
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Step 10Enjoy!
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