Cook the Book: Sweet Potato Cake with Pecan Streusel
You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Cook the Book: Sweet Potato Cake with Pecan Streusel a try. One serving contains 375 calories, 4g of protein, and 22g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have pecans, brown sugar, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.
Instructions
For the streusel, in a small bowl stir together the flour, brown sugar, pecans, and salt.
Drizzle in the butter and stir until well combined. Squeeze the mixture between your fingers to form small clumps; set aside.
For the cake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9"-square baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, brown sugar, and eggs until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute.
Whisk in the sweet potato, molasses, ginger, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg. Sift the flour and baking soda directly onto the batter. using a whisk or rubber spatula, combine the ingredients until well-blended and almost smooth.
Pour the batter into the pan, spreading evenly with the spatula.
Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the batter.
Bake until a skewer inserted near the center comes out with only moist crumbs clinging, about 45 minutes. Cool until just warm in the pan on a wire rack.