Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Name: Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 16 servings.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; 4 large eggs, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2 cups cold mashed sweet potatoes; GLAZE:; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon grated orange zest; 3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling YIELD: 16 servings.

Because we are from Texas, we naturally love sweet potatoes, but this sweet potato pound cake deserves to be a tradition in any home, whether you’re from the South, East, North or West. My rancher husband from Montana loves it, and I get great reviews from the ladies that I’ve treated to it at various social events. — Diane Mannix, Helmville, Montana

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups cold mashed sweet potatoes
GLAZE:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with sweet potatoes. Beat just until combined (batter will be thick). Transfer to prepared pan.
2. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
3. For glaze, in a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, orange zest and enough juice to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over cake.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 365 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 77mg cholesterol, 257mg sodium, 58g carbohydrate (35g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.