holiday sweet potato cake
(3 ratings)
I have never made a sweet potato cake before. This cake reminded me a lot of carrot cake, but had a different taste all of it's own. I will definitely make it again. The dried cranberries were delicious in it and made the cake a festive part on the top.
(3 ratings)
yield
10 -12
prep time
20 Min
cook time
35 Min
Ingredients For holiday sweet potato cake
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2 call-purpose flour
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1 csugar
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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3/4 tspsalt
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1 1/2 tspcinnamon, ground
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2 cshredded peeled sweet potato (1 large)
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3/4 ccanola or vegetable oil
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8 ozcan of crushed pineapple, undrained
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3eggs
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 cdried cranberries
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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1 pkg8 ounces of softened cream cheese
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3 cpowdered sugar
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 cwalnuts, chopped coarsley
How To Make holiday sweet potato cake
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1Heat oven to 350F. Grease bottom of 2 9 inch round pans or a 13x9 inch pan. Spray lightly with cooking spray.
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2Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt & cinnamon in large bowl. Add sweet potatoes, oil, vanilla extract,eggs & pineapple with juice. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into pans.
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3Bake 25-35 for round cakes and 40-45 for 13/9 pan or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack completely, about 1 hr.
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4CREAM CHEESE FROSTING-BEAT ALL INGREDIENTS IN MEDIUM BOWL WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER ON MEDIUM SPEED UNTIL SMOOTH. SPREAD ON COOL CAKES.
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