Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Sweet Potato Pound Cake with Mango Glaze has an amazingly soft and fluffy texture!
Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes boil peeled potatoes in a large pot of boiling water until tender, drain and mash
- Topping Ingredients:
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/4 cup mango juice
- 2 tablespoons dessicated coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with non stick spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and dry spices.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly combined. Add vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- Add half of the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Add the remaining half and mix again until thoroughly combined.
- Add sweet potatoes and mix until thoroughly combined. Transfer to prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour, until knife inserted comes out clean.
- To make glaze, combine mango juice and sugar until thoroughly combined. Pour over cake. Leave for 5 minutes.
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