Sweet-Potato Layer Cake with Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Sweet-Potato Layer Cake with Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 710 milliliters cake flour; 59 milliliters sliced candied orange peel; 227 grams package cream cheese, room temperature; 158 milliliters dried cranberries; 4 larges eggs; 237 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 2 Tbsps frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed; 2 liters powdered sugar, sifted; 907 grams tan-skinned sweet potatoes (about 3 medium); 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps sugar; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters vegetable oil; 158 milliliters chopped walnuts, toasted

One portion of this dish contains roughly 9g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 877 calories. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up walnuts, sugar, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F. Pierce potatoes with fork; place on small baking sheet. Roast potatoes until soft, about 1 hour. Cool, peel, and mash potatoes. Measure 2 cups mashed potatoes; cool to lukewarm (reserve any remaining potatoes for another use). Reduce oven temperature to 350F.

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Butter and flour two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides; line pans with parchment. Sift flour and next 6 ingredients into medium bowl.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Combine oil, 1 cup sugar, and brown sugar in large bowl; whisk until smooth.

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Brown Sugar

Sugar

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

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Whisk in eggs 1 at a time, then mashed sweet potatoes.

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Sweet Potato

Egg

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Whisk

Whisk in flour mixture in 3 additions. Stir in 2/3 cup walnuts and 2/3 cup cranberries. Divide batter between prepared pans.

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Cranberries

Walnuts

All Purpose Flour

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Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes completely in pans on racks.

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Oven

Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar, scraping down bowl often. Beat in orange juice concentrate and vanilla.

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Orange Juice Concentrate

Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Butter

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Cut around pan sides; turn out cakes. Peel off parchment.

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Place 1 cake layer, flat side up, on platter.

Spread 3/4 cup frosting over. Top with second cake layer, flat side down.

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Frosting

Spread

Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.

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Combine orange peel, 3 tablespoons sugar, remaining 1/4 cup walnuts, and 1/4 cup cranberries in small bowl. Stir to coat with sugar.

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Cranberries

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Walnuts

Sugar

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Transfer to sieve; sift off excess sugar.

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Sugar

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Sprinkle fruit and nut mixture decoratively atop cake. Chill until frosting sets, at least 2 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; keep chilled.

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