Ingredients for - Sweet Potato Pound Cake

1. White sugar 2 cups
2. Butter, softened 1 cup
3. Cooked and mashed sweet potatoes 2 cups
4. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
5. Eggs 4 large
6. All-purpose flour 3 cups
7. Baking powder 2 teaspoons
8. Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon
9. Baking soda ½ teaspoon
10. Ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon
11. Salt ¼ teaspoon
12. Sifted confectioners' sugar 1 cup
13. Orange juice 5 teaspoons
14. Grated orange zest 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Sweet Potato Pound Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

2 . Stage

Make cake: Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in mashed sweet potatoes and vanilla until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a separate bowl; beat into potato mixture on low speed until combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

3 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake for 20 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a serving plate.

4 . Stage

Make glaze: Stir together confectioners' sugar with 3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice in a small bowl until a drizzling consistency is reached.

5 . Stage

Spoon glaze over warm cake and sprinkle with orange zest.