Sweet Potato Pound Cake Recipe

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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
586
Calories
Total time
70
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan. (If your pan is nonstick, you can get away with just some cooking spray; no need to flour.).
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. Whisk well. In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine the milk and vanilla.
  3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, and light brown sugar until light and fluffy, stopping once or twice to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the sweet potatoes, and mix until the batter is combined. (The batter may look terrible at this point: curdled, weird, terrible. Don’t worry.).
  4. With the mixer on low speed, add half of the flour mixture. Beat to just incorporate. Then add half of the milk mixture, and continue to beat on low until well blended. Add the remaining flour, followed by the remaining milk, and beat on low until the batter is thick and smooth.
  5. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 60 to 75 minutes, or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edge to loosen the cake, and then carefully invert it onto the rack.
  7. Meanwhile, make the glaze, if using. In a medium saucepan, combine the buttermilk, sugar, butter, cornstarch, and baking soda. Place it over medium heat, and bring it just to a gentle boil.
  8. Immediately remove it from the heat, stir well, and set it aside to cool to room temperature. Add the vanilla, and stir well.
  9. Set the wire rack - with the cake atop it - over a rimmed sheet pan. Spoon the glaze through a fine-mesh sieve over the warm cake. (I recommend using a sieve because my batch of glaze had some little gelatinous bits of clumped cornstarch in it.).
  10. Cool completely before serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 585.89 Kcal (2453 kJ)
Calories from fat 232.06 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.78g 40%
Cholesterol 136.97mg 46%
Sodium 271.37mg 11%
Potassium 378.51mg 8%
Total Carbs 80.95g 27%
Sugars 43.51g 174%
Dietary Fiber 1.97g 8%
Protein 8.39g 17%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 21%
Iron 1.5mg 8%
Calcium 127.6mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 305.66 Kcal (1280 kJ)
Calories from fat 121.07 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.45g 40%
Cholesterol 71.46mg 46%
Sodium 141.57mg 11%
Potassium 197.47mg 8%
Total Carbs 42.23g 27%
Sugars 22.7g 174%
Dietary Fiber 1.03g 8%
Protein 4.38g 17%
Vitamin C 1.7mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 21%
Iron 0.8mg 8%
Calcium 66.6mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.5
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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