Sweet Potato Pound Cake

With maple glaze

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Servings: 6–8

Sweet potatoes star in this moist, earthy cake. Make the maple glaze to further highlight this orange veggie’s mild sweetness.

Ingredients

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ teaspoon mace (optional)

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1½ cups sugar

¼ cup brown sugar

2½ cups sweet potato, cooked and mashed

4 eggs

1½ teaspoons vanilla

1 cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, mace and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl.
In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugars at high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the sweet potatoes and eggs at low speed, one at a time, until well incorporated. Next, beat flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture. Add vanilla.
Pour batter into tube pan. Sprinkle the chopped pecans on top. Bake for approximately 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Serve warm or cold. Freezes well.