Spiced Sweet Potato Nut Cake

Reminiscent of carrot cake, but deliciously different.

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Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 12

Prep Time: 20 minutes, not counting sweet potato bake time   Cook Time: about 30 minutes  

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup mashed sweet potato
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

Get the sweet potatoes baked. (Takes one to two sweet potatoes, depending on size.) Cook and mash. Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease and flour two round 8-inch cake pans. Combine dry ingredients in a medium-size bowl.

Using an electric mixer, cream the butter in a large bowl. Gradually mix in the sugars then add eggs. Whisk milk and mashed sweet potato together. Add the milk/sweet potato mixture alternately with the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in nuts, if using. Divide cake mixture between the pans. Bake at 350-degrees for about 30 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test. Frost with either a buttercream or cream cheese frosting.

Categories: Cakes, Desserts

Submitted by: suzanne-mcminn on January 21, 2013