Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes

Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes
Need a vegetarian side dish? Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes could be a spectacular recipe to try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 696 calories, 10g of protein, and 18g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of vanillan extract, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

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Stir together first 2 ingredients.
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Let stand 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, beat eggs and granulated sugar at high speed with an electric mixer 2 to 4 minutes or until thick and pale.
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Add oil and vanilla, beating at low speed just until blended.
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Add sweet potato puree, beating just until blended and stopping to scrape down sides as needed.
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Preheat oven to 35
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Sift together flour and next 5 ingredients; add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
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Drain raisins, reserving rum. Fold raisins into batter. Spoon batter into 3 lightly greased 12-cup Bundt brownie pans, filling each three-fourths full.
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Bake at 350 for 14 to 16 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on lightly greased wire racks 5 minutes.
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Remove from pans to wire racks.
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While cakes are baking, bring brown sugar and next 2 ingredients to a boil in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring constantly, 3 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken to a syrup-like consistency.
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Remove from heat; stir in reserved rum.
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Pierce tops of cakes multiple times using a wooden pick. Dip top halves of cakes in glaze, and hold 1 to 2 seconds (to allow glaze to soak into cakes).
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Place, glazed sides up, on lightly greased racks.
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Sprinkle each cake with pecans.
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Note: To puree roasted sweet potatoes, peel potatoes as soon as they are slightly cooled. Press pulp through a wire-mesh strainer with the back of a spoon. You'll need to roast about 1 1/2 lb. potatoes for 2 cups puree.
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Brought to the table by Sheri Castle (adapted from The New Southern Garden Cookbook).
DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 15 m.
Servings8
Health Score7
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