Monday

Mary Pearson's Sweet Potato Pound Cake


Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup Butter
2 cups Sugar
2-1/2 cups mashed cooked Sweet Potatoes
4 Eggs
3 cups Flour
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 cup Chopped Nuts
1/2 cup Flaked Coconut

Cream butter and sugar. Add potatoes and beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture. Add vanilla and mix well. Stir in nuts and coconut. Spoon mixture into greased 10" tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until done. While the cake is still hot, spread with the following glaze:

Mix well grated rind of one orange, juice and grated rind of one lemon, and one box of powdered sugar, and spread on cake.

Enjoy!