Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Name: Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Total time: 120
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 2 cups white sugar; 1 cup butter, softened; 2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 large eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.5 teaspoon baking soda; 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 0.25 teaspoon salt; 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar; 5 teaspoons orange juice; 2 tablespoons grated orange zest

Recipe by ANNE MCCULLOUGH from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr.

Ingredients

14 servings

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2 cups white sugar
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1 cup butter, softened
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2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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4 large eggs
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder

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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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0.5 teaspoon baking soda
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0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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0.25 teaspoon salt
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1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
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5 teaspoons orange juice
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2 tablespoons grated orange zest

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
Make cake: Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in mashed sweet potatoes and vanilla until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a separate bowl; beat into potato mixture on low speed until combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake for 20 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a serving plate.
Make glaze: Stir together confectioners' sugar with 3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice in a small bowl until a drizzling consistency is reached.
Spoon glaze over warm cake and sprinkle with orange zest.