Spices by the spoonful add rich harvest flavor to this quick- and-easy Sweet Potato Cake.
Sweet Potato Cake
2016-11-01 22:33:25
Yields 1
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 4 large eggs
- 1 (21-ounce) can mashed sweet potato
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
- Garnish: toffee bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 2 (8-inch) cake pans with baking spray with flour. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter at low speed with a mixer until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sweet potato and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger; add to sweet potato mixture, stirring just until combined. Divide batter between prepared pans, smoothing tops with an offset spatula.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 30 minutes. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
- Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Cover and refrigerate up to 2 days. Garnish with toffee just before serving.
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Cream Cheese Frosting
2016-11-02 00:44:44
Ingredients
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 71⁄2 cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with a mixer until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar, beating until smooth.
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