This sweet potato pound cake is excellent for the holiday season. It's a light and finely textured cake.
Prep
19 min
Cook
32 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter
, softened
2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoons baking soda
0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
0.25 teaspoons salt
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
2
Make cake: Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in mashed sweet potatoes and vanilla until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a separate bowl; beat into potato mixture on low speed until combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake for 20 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a serving plate.
4
Make glaze: Stir together confectioners' sugar with 3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice in a small bowl until a drizzling consistency is reached.
5
Spoon glaze over warm cake and sprinkle with orange zest.
Nutrition per serving
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