Sweet potato adds the golden hue while
orange peel supplies intense flavor.
Sweet Potato
Pound Cake
- Pound Cake Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose
flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
4 large eggs
1 cup canned mashed sweet potatoes
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1/4 cup milk
Topping Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
Sweetened whipped cream, if desired
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Combine flour, baking
powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
- Combine sugar and butter
in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often,
until creamy (1 to 2 minutes). Continue beating, adding eggs
one at a time, until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes). Add sweet potatoes
and orange peel.
- Reduce speed to low. Beat,
gradually adding flour mixture alternately with milk, until well
mixed (1 to 2 minutes).
- Spoon batter into two
greased (9-inch) round cake pans. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or
until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10
minutes; remove from pan. Spread 1/4 cup marmalade over top of
each warm cake.
- To serve, cut into wedges;
dollop with whipped cream, if desired.
Makes 16 servings.
Tip: Cake can be baked
in greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup Bundt®
pan. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts (1 serving):Calories:
290, Fat: 13 g, Cholesterol: 85 mg, Sodium: 290 mg, Carbohydrates:
41 g, Dietary Fiber: 0 g, Protein: 4 g.
