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Prep Time::20 mins
Cook Time:: 1 hr 20 mins
Additional Time::20 mins
Total Time:: 2 hrs
Servings::14
Yield::1 (10-inch) pound cake
Ingredients
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Cake:
2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
Glaze:
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
5 teaspoons orange juice
Garnish:
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
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.
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.
Make glaze: Stir together confectioners' sugar with 3 to 5 teaspoons orange juice in a small bowl until a drizzling consistency is reached.
Spoon glaze over warm cake and sprinkle with orange zest.