Sweet Potato Pound Cake

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon 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