Description
A light-tasting, fine-textured cake. Excellent for the holiday season.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 5 teaspoons orange juice
- 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- 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.
- 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.
- Make glaze: Stir together confectioners’ sugar with 3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice in a small bowl until a drizzling consistency is reached.
- Spoon glaze over warm cake and sprinkle with orange zest.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 14