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Prep Time: 50 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 51 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is a moist, sweet cake that's very flavorful. Cooking time and prep time includes the time to bake the potatoes. Ingredients:
1 1/4 lbs garnet yams (1 c puree) |
3/4 cup butter, at room temperature |
1 1/4 cups sugar |
3 large eggs |
1 tablespoon orange zest |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla |
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/4 teaspoon mace |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
Directions:
1. Prick sweet potatoes several times with a sharp knife. 2. Place on a baking sheet and bake in a 375 oven until very soft when pierced, about 35-40 minutes. 3. When cool enough to handle, peel sweet potatoes and whirl in a blender or food processor until smooth. 4. You will need 1 C puree. 5. In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until well blended. 6. Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend after each addition. 7. Beat in 1 C sweet potato puree, the orange peel, and the vanilla. 8. In another bowl. 9. mix flour with baking powder, mace and salt. 10. Add the flour mixture to the batter; mix on low speed to incorporate dry ingredients, then beat at medium speed until well blended. 11. Scrape batter into a buttered 4 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch loaf pan. 12. Bake in a 350 oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean or about 1 hour. 13. Cool in pan on a rack about 15 minutes. 14. Invert pan onto a serving plate and cool completely, about an hour. |
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