Photo: Sweet Potato Bundt Cake with Spiced Buttered Rum Glaze Recipe
Ingredients
For the batter:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups cooked sweet potato meat (about 2 sweet potatoes)
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1 cup toasted walnuts, crushed
For the glaze:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 to 3 tablespoons spiced rum
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
Special equipment: bundt pan
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Lightly grease a 10-cup bundt pan.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set the mixture aside. In a separate large mixing bowl, mash the sweet potato, leaving only a slight meaty texture. Whisk together the sweet potato and the eggs. Whisk in the warm water, then the sugar, then the oil followed by the vanilla extract. Stir in the dry ingredients until homogenous then fold in raisins and walnuts. Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let the cake cool in the tin for 15 minutes and invert onto a serving platter or cake stand.
Meanwhile, make the glaze:
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan with the rum. Pull from the heat and whisk in the confectioners' sugar until smooth.
Pour the glaze over the cooled cake. Slice and serve.
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By badbradley
Kansas City
on April 02, 2013
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A very good, moist cake. Not 'sweet potato-y' at all. We substituted spiced rum for the water in the batter......because we could.
Can be lightened up a little by using 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce and 1/4 cup oil.
By Chef Nesie
Bay Area, CA
on December 26, 2012
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I have made this cake three times and it is delicious and moist!!! I do alter the recipe a bit in that I omit the raisins (not my thing, use non-fat milk instead of water, and make a cream cheese frosting with rum instead of the glaze. Great for parties and potlucks - always a crowd pleasure.
By YIS
on June 22, 2012
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I couldn't stand the smell of oil. Of course the cake seems so moist with such a lot of oil. Over 7,000 Calories for the whole cake. Do the math, even if you eat just a 1/12 slice, 600 Calories (More than a Bic Mac!! Yuck.
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