Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/4 lbs garnet yams (1 c puree)
• 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon mace
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 prick sweet potatoes several times with a sharp knife.
• 2 place on a baking sheet and bake in a 375 oven until very soft when pierced, about 35-40 minutes.
• 3 when cool enough to handle, peel sweet potatoes and whirl in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• 4 you will need 1 c puree.
• 5 in a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until well blended.
• 6 add eggs one at a time, beating to blend after each addition.
• 7 beat in 1 c sweet potato puree, the orange peel, and the vanilla.
• 8 in another bowl.
• 9 mix flour with baking powder, mace and salt.
• 10 add the flour mixture to the batter; mix on low speed to incorporate dry ingredients, then beat at medium speed until well blended.
• 11 scrape batter into a buttered 4 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• 12 bake in a 350 oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean or about 1 hour.
• 13 cool in pan on a rack about 15 minutes.
• 14 invert pan onto a serving plate and cool completely, about an hour.