Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Sweet Potato Pound Cake is a vegetarian recipe with 12 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 7g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 422 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of sweet potatoes, cream cheese, butter, 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 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Instructions
Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
Add sweet potatoes, and beat well.
Stir together flour, next 3 ingredients, and, if desired, cinnamon in a medium bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (12-cup) tube pan.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
Remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
Sweet Potato Pound Cake Loaves: Prepare batter as directed; pour into 2 greased and floured 8 1/2- x 4 1/2-inch loafpans.
Bake and cool as directed.