Sweet Potato Cake with Coconut Frosting

Name: Sweet Potato Cake with Coconut Frosting
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 591 milliliters shredded coconut; 1 teaspoon coconut extract; 680 grams whipped cream cheese frosting; 3 eggs; 296 milliliters evaporated milk; 2 teaspoons rum extract; 517 grams box spice cake mix; 473 milliliters leftover mashed candied sweet potatoes or yams; 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 177 milliliters leftover cranberry sauce, drained if necessary

Sweet Potato Cake with Coconut Frosting is a gluten free side dish. One serving contains 743 calories, 7g of protein, and 35g of fat. This recipe serves 10. If you have coconut extract, eggs, rum extract, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Orange Kissed Sweet Potato Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting, Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Salted Coconut Oil Frosting, and Sweet Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray 2 (8 or 9-inch) round cake pans with butter flavored cooking spray; set aside.

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Butter Flavored Cooking Spray

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Oven

In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, coconut extract, evaporated milk, and oil. Use an electric mixer to beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl and beat for 2 minutes on medium speed.

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Coconut Extract

Evaporated Milk

Sweet Potato

Cake Mix

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Divide batter between prepared cake pans.

Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle of cakes comes out clean.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Let cakes cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

In a medium mixing bowl, combine frosting and rum extract; set aside.

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Rum Extract

Frosting

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Mixing Bowl

Place 1 of the cooled cake layers on serving plate.

Cut a triangle from the bottom corner of a small zip-top bag. Spoon 1/4 cup of frosting into bag and secure top with 1 hand. Use other hand to guide bag and squeeze a thick border of frosting around the edge of the cake layer. Spoon cranberry sauce in the center of frosting border.

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Cranberry Sauce

Frosting

Carefully place the other cake layer on top. Frost cake with remaining frosting.

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Frosting

Sprinkle with coconut and gently pat to adhere to frosting. Slice and serve.

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Frosting

Coconut