Sweet Potato Pound Cake

 

 

Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsps. baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg (optional)
• 1/4 tsp mace (optional)
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
• 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
• 2 1/2 cups sweet potato (cooked mashed)
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsps. vanilla
• 1/ 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar (packed)
• 1 cup of Chopped Pecans

(I only use cinnamon)


Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and dust with flour a 10'' Bundt pan.
3. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, mace, and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl.
4. In a large bowl, beat at high speed with electric mixer, unsalted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
5. At low speed, add sweet potatoes and eggs, one at a time until well mixed.
6. Beat flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture.
7. Add vanilla and mix.
8. Pour batter into Bundt pan.
9. Add pecans evenly on top of mix. (You can always add more before you bake if you like them a lot :) )
10. bake for approximately 55 minutes to one hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Check cake at 55 minutes.
11. Remove from oven and let cool completely before removing from pan.
12. Serve hot with some ice cream or at room temperature.

Enjoy!

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