Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Moist and tender sweet potato pound cake made with simple ingredients! Topped with marshmallow cream cheese glaze and pecans!
Today we are making a sweet potato poundcake! I can’t believe I’m just now getting around to creating a sweet potato pound cake for my site.
So many recipes so little time! That’s why I love recipes so much! There is always something exciting to create.
Sweet Potato Pound Cake – This recipe is a new spin on the traditional pound cake. It makes a delicious cake that tastes similar to sweet potato pie.
Ingredients:
1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups of sugar
4 large eggs
2 1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extractInstructions
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy.
Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Add sweet potatoes, and beat well.
Stir together flour, next 3 ingredients, and, if desired, cinnamon in a medium bowl.
Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan.
Bake at 350º for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
Sweet Potato Pound Cake Loaves: Prepare batter as directed, pour into 2 greased and floured 8 1/2- x 4 1/2-inch loaf pans. Bake and cool as directed
And Enjoy…!
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