Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Ingredients
Cake
1 C. butter
2 C. sugar
1 1/2 C. mashed cooked sweet potatoes
4 eggs
3 C. flour
1/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 C. chopped pecans
1/2 C. flaked coconut
Icing
1 pound confectioner’s sugar
Grated rind of one orange
Grated rind of one lemon
Juice of one lemon
Juice of one orange
Cooking Instructions
Cake: Cream butter and sugar; add sweet potatoes and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. Combine dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture; add vanilla, nuts and coconut. Pour mixture into greased 10 inch tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tests done. Spread with icing while warm. Icing: Combine all ingredients, slowly adding enough orange juice to make spreading consistency.
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