Sweet Potato Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

SWEET POTATO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Adjust the position of the rack to the center of the oven. Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) pans or 3 (8-inch) pans. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and granulated sugar. Set aside. In the bowl of a mixer, cream margarine and brown sugar on low speed, and then increase speed to medium and beat until well-combined. Gradually add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until just incorporated. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each egg and scraping down the sides of the bowl after the addition of each egg. Add vanilla, sweet potatoes, pineapple, raisins, and walnuts and blend on low speed until thoroughly mixed.
• Pour batter into pans and smooth the surface with a metal spatula. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; when you touch the center of the cake, it should spring back. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, and then invert onto a rack and cool completely.
• For icing: In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter on medium speed until smooth. Add vanilla and beat until incorporated. Gradually add sugar and beat on low speed until smooth.
• Icing the cake: Place 1 cake layer, top-side down, on a cake platter. Using a metal spatula, spread a layer of cream cheese frosting evenly over the top of the cake. Take the next layer and place it on top, rounded-side up. Frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. The cake should be refrigerated for about 1 hour to make sure the layers are set. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top of cake, if desired.

SWEET POTATO SHEET CAKE WITH BACON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, milk, oil, eggs, sweet potatoes and apple pie spice with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour into pan.
• Bake 34 to 38 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy. Beat in powdered sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in bacon. Frost cake. Sprinkle with pecans. Store covered in refrigerator.

QUICK AND EASY SWEET POTATO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with shortening; lightly flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, sweet potatoes, milk, nutmeg and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread in pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake is golden brown. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Frost cake with frosting.

WORLD'S BEST SWEET POTATO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan.
• Cream butter and Neufchatel cream cheese in a stand mixer until creamy. Add both types of sugar and continue to beat until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in sweet potato puree until well incorporated.
• Combine cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in a bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to sweet potato mixture; mix until well combined. Beat in vanilla extract. Fill batter into prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 75 to 85 minutes. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

SWEET POTATO CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Prepare 13x9 pan (I use pan spray).
• In a large mixing bowl, mix all cake ingredients except nuts and coconut.
• Mix at low speed until moistened, then beat 3 minutes at high speed.
• Fold in the nuts and coconut.
• Pour into pan and bake about 40 to 50 minutes or until cake test done.
• Let cake cool.
• To make frosting:
• mix all ingredients well with electric mixer until the frosting is smooth.
• Frost cake.
• Sprinkle a bit of coconut or nuts on the frosting for garnish.
• This can be made a day ahead and kept tightly covered in refrigerator.

SWEET-POTATO LAYER CAKE WITH ORANGE-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Pierce potatoes with fork; place on small baking sheet. Roast potatoes until soft, about 1 hour. Cool, peel, and mash potatoes. Measure 2 cups mashed potatoes; cool to lukewarm (reserve any remaining potatoes for another use). Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Butter and flour two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides; line pans with parchment. Sift flour and next 6 ingredients into medium bowl. Combine oil, 1 cup sugar, and brown sugar in large bowl; whisk until smooth. Whisk in eggs 1 at a time, then mashed sweet potatoes. Whisk in flour mixture in 3 additions. Stir in 2/3 cup walnuts and 2/3 cup cranberries. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes completely in pans on racks.
• For frosting:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar, scraping down bowl often. Beat in orange juice concentrate and vanilla.
• Cut around pan sides; turn out cakes. Peel off parchment. Place 1 cake layer, flat side up, on platter. Spread 3/4 cup frosting over. Top with second cake layer, flat side down. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Combine orange peel, 3 tablespoons sugar, remaining 1/4 cup walnuts, and 1/4 cup cranberries in small bowl. Stir to coat with sugar. Transfer to sieve; sift off excess sugar. Sprinkle fruit and nut mixture decoratively atop cake. Chill until frosting sets, at least 2 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; keep chilled. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.)

SWEET POTATO LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat oil and sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the sweet potato, water and vanilla. , In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold into the sweet potato mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; add to potato mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans. Pour into three greased and lightly floured 9-in. round baking pans. , Bake at 350° for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks. , For frosting, in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, whisk the sugar, milk and eggs yolks until smooth. Add butter; cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a metal spoon, about 10-12 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in the coconut, pecans and vanilla. Transfer to a small bowl; cool for 10 minutes. , Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with a third of the frosting. Repeat layers.

SWEET POTATO & CRANBERRY LAYER CAKE WITH ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Prick potatoes and roast until soft, about 1 hour.
• Let cool, and then peel and mash.
• Measure 2 cups mashed potatoes and reduce oven to 350.
• Butter and flour 2 9 inch cake pans.
• Line bottom with parchment.
• Sift flour and next 6 ingredients together in a bowl.
• In large bowl whisk together oil and sugars til smooth.
• Whisk in one egg at a time, then add potatoes.
• Whisk in flour in 3 additions.
• Stir in cranberries and walnuts.
• Divide cake mixture into the 2 pans and bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely on wire racks.
• For the Frosting: Use an electric mixer to beat cream cheese and butter til fluffy.
• Add powdered sugar, then orange juice and vanilla.
• Place one cake on platter flat side up and frost top.
• Place next layer on top, with its flat side down.
• Frost entire cake and use extra walnuts and cranberries to garnish as a ring around the top of the cake.
• Chill at least 2 hours to set the cake.

SWEET-POTATO CAKE (WITH CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING) RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 325 degrees and adjust rack to middle of oven. Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans. Add eggs and all other ingredients except pecans to mixing bowl in order listed. Stir (or mix on low) for 30 seconds until blended. Stop to scrape bowl and then beat on medium speed for 3 minutes (no longer). Stir in 1 cup pecans, if desired, reserving 1 cup for garnish. Spread batter equally across the prepared pans. Place one pan in the refrigerator and bake other two pans for 23 to 27 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before inverting onto baking rack to cool completely (about 1 hour). Bake third layer for 30 minutes, test for doneness and cooling as for first two layers. (See Note.) 2. While cakes are cooling, prepare frosting. Beat cream cheese and butter on medium speed until creamy and well blended (with no yellow streaks). With mixer on low speed, slowly add in confectioners' sugar until just blended. Stop to scrape bowl, add vanilla and then beat on medium speed for 20 to 30 seconds or until creamy (and all sugar has been fully incorporated). If desired, add milk to thin frosting out to a (more) spreadable consistency. Use immediately. 3. To assemble cake, place one layer on cake plate and cover top with ¼ of frosting. Repeat with second layer and another ¼ of frosting. Top with final layer and use remaining frosting to cover sides and top of cake. For garnish, press 1 cup pecans around side of cake, if desired. Note: Johns Lindsay likes to bake the cake layers in two batches to ensure that that layers bake evenly. The time for the third layer is a bit longer because it has been chilled a bit in the refrigerator. It is possible to bake all three layers at once if space in the oven permits; if placing them on two different racks, rotate the layers halfway through.