Sweet Potato-Chocolate Nut Cake
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Ingredients:
4 ounces semisweet chocolate1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
1-1/2 cups vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 cup chopped nuts
Instructions:
Butter and lightly flour a 10-inch tube pan. Place chocolate and vanilla in a small saucepan and set, covered, in a larger pan that you've just filled with boiling water.Sift together all dry ingredients and set aside. In a large bowl beat the sweet potatoes and oil together, then beat in the eggs one by one until well blended. Slowly add dry ingredients and mix well; stir in nuts. Put one-third of the mixture in another bowl and stir in the chocolate, which should be melted smooth by now. Alternate the batters in the tube pan, as you would for a marble cake. With a knife, cut through the two batters to swirl together slightly. Bake in a preheated 350° F oven for 1 to 1-1/4 hours, or until the sides have shrunk away from the pan, the top is springy, and tester comes out dry. Let cool 10 minutes and then remove from the pan and cool on a rack. If desired, drizzle with a thin confectioners' sugar glaze (beat 2 to 3 tablespoons boiling water into 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar).
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i think it was very good everyone should try it.
This cake is incredible! It’s like a pound cake without all the fat and the nutrition of sweet potatoes!
I’d made this cake throughout the 80s and am delighted to find it again online. It is moist, yummy, pretty and, with sweet potatoes inside, probably a little bit healthy!