Sweet Potato Cake
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This recipe was submitted by a Tasty Community Member, and hasn’t been tested by the Tasty recipe team.Submit your own recipe here!
Ingredients
for 10 servings
- 15 oz sweet potato (435 g), (usually equal to 3-5 potatoes, depending on size), boiled- reserve 2 tbsp water from boiling potatoes
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar (250 g)
- ⅓ cup water (80 mL)
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil (80 mL)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour (215 g)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup pecan (50 g), chopped, optional
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Nutrition Info
- Calories 236
- Fat 8g
- Carbs 36g
- Fiber 2g
- Sugar 18g
- Protein 3g
Estimated values based on one serving size.
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9x5 (22x12) loaf pan or bundt cake pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash sweet potatoes in 2 tbsp of liquid from the sweet potato boil.
- Add sugar, water, oil, and eggs to mashed sweet potatoes and mix well.
- Add in flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice, and baking powder. Mix well and fold in pecans if using.
- Pour batter into pans and bake 30-45 minutes (or 60-70 minutes for larger pans), until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool cake and serve alongside tea or coffee.
- Enjoy!
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