Sweet Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
A delicious way to turn a vegetable into a decadent dessert, this sweet potato cake features crunchy pecans and a sweet cream cheese icing.
Makes: 12-16 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Recipe Created By: Farming Feeds Alabama Cookbook
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Recipe Created By: Farming Feeds Alabama Cookbook
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1½ cups oil
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups sweet potatoes, grated
Icing
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter
- 1 cup (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix together sugar, eggs and oil. Add remaining ingredients one at a time, adding potatoes last.
- Coat 3 round 9-inch baking pans or 1 sheet cake pan with a nonstick spray. Spread batter into pans.
- Bake in round pans for 25 minutes or in a sheet cake pan for 35 minutes. Insert a toothpick in the center to determine doneness. Cool in pans before turning out for frosting.
- To make the icing, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Spread on cooled cake, spreading between layers and on sides and top for round layers or over the top and sides of a sheet cake.
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I love this cake it is sooo good! I now make this cake every thanksgiving.
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I made this cake so many times it’s incredibly delicious!!! Thanks for the recipe.
What size sheet pan?
Is this cake moist?