Pecan Sweet Potato Pound Cake

By shorty

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teas baking powder
• 2 teas cinnamon
• 1 teas nutmeg
• 1/2 teas baking soda
• 1/4 teas salt
• 2 sticks butter
• 1 1/2 sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teas vanilla
• 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
• 4 large eggs at room temperature
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven to 325 degrees
grease 2 loaf pans
in a medium bowl sift next 6 ingredients
in a large bowl cream butter, sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy
blend in sweet potatoes, then eggs, one at a time
add flour in thirds
combine just enough to blend
spoon batter evenly into prepared pans
sprinkle pecans over the top
bake until a skewer poked in the middle comes out clean
remove cakes from pans and cool on wire racks