Sweet Potato Pound Cake Recipe

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Sweet Potato pound Cake

Sweet Potato Pound Cake and Pies are so underrated and under appreciated! Sweet to eat! This Pound Cake is looking so good I can hardly contain myself! This is one I am going to have to get up off my butt and make! We love homemade cakes from scratch and this Pound Cake is right up our alley! Hot out of the oven and ready for your favorite topping. My favorite is Ice Cream! 🙂

Ingredients for: Sweet Potato Pound Cake

3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsps baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp mace (optional)
1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1 cup unsalted butter (softened) ? Tasty tip
21/2 cups sweet potato (cooked mashed)
4 eggs
11/2 tsps vanilla
11/2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1 Cup of Chopped Pecans

Directions for Pound Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and dust with flour a 10″ Tube Pan.
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, mace, and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl.
In a large bowl, beat at high speed with electric mixer, unsalted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
At low speed, add sweet potato and eggs one at a time until well mixed.
Beat flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture.
Add vanilla and mix.
Pour batter into Bundt Pan.
Add Pecans evenly on top of mix. (You can always add more before you bake if you like them a lot)
Bake for approximately 55 minutes to one hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Check cake at 55 minutes.