Sweet Potato Spice Cake

AuthorsefordCategory, DifficultyBeginner

This sweet potato spice cake taste like the holidays! Sweet potato, cinnamon and spice topped with pumpkin spice cream cheese frosting!

This sweet potato spice cake is paired with a Pumpkin spice cream cheese frosting.

 

Yields6 Servings
Prep Time15 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time1 hr
For The Cake
 1 ⅔ cups All Purpose Flour
 ½ tsp Salt
 Ground Cloves
 2 tsp Cinnamon
 ½ tsp Ginger powder
 ½ tsp Ground mixed spice
 ¼ tsp Nutmeg
 1 cup Sugar
 2 Eggs
 ½ cup Butter
 1 cup Milk
 1 Sweet potato cooked and mashed (1 Cup)
 ½ cup Applesauce
The Pumpkin Spice Frosting
 3 cups Confectioner's sugar
 1 tsp Vanilla essence
 ½ cup Butter Unsalted
 ½ tsp Cinnamon
 ¼ tsp Ginger powder
  tsp Nutmeg
 Ground Cloves
 200 g Cream Cheese (7-8oz package)
 Salt
 5 tbsp Pumpkin Puree
Baking the Sweet Potato spice cake
1

First, Preheat the oven at 350F/150C.

Cream butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture. Next add the vanilla then 1 egg at a time until mixed before putting in the sweet potato and applesauce.

At this time, alternate between the flour and milk until all has combined.

2

Finally, Bake at 350F/150C for 45 minutes or until tooth pick or knife comes out clean.

Allow the cake to cool completely before topping with frosting.

Making the Pumpkin Spice Frosting
3

Using a mixer of choice, cream butter until fluffy then gradually add in the confectioner's sugar.

Once the sugar and butter have mixed well, incorporate the vanilla, spices and milk then continue to mix until a light whipped texture forms.

Ingredients

For The Cake
 1 ⅔ cups All Purpose Flour
 ½ tsp Salt
 Ground Cloves
 2 tsp Cinnamon
 ½ tsp Ginger powder
 ½ tsp Ground mixed spice
 ¼ tsp Nutmeg
 1 cup Sugar
 2 Eggs
 ½ cup Butter
 1 cup Milk
 1 Sweet potato cooked and mashed (1 Cup)
 ½ cup Applesauce
The Pumpkin Spice Frosting
 3 cups Confectioner's sugar
 1 tsp Vanilla essence
 ½ cup Butter Unsalted
 ½ tsp Cinnamon
 ¼ tsp Ginger powder
  tsp Nutmeg
 Ground Cloves
 200 g Cream Cheese (7-8oz package)
 Salt
 5 tbsp Pumpkin Puree

Directions

Baking the Sweet Potato spice cake
1

First, Preheat the oven at 350F/150C.

Cream butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture. Next add the vanilla then 1 egg at a time until mixed before putting in the sweet potato and applesauce.

At this time, alternate between the flour and milk until all has combined.

2

Finally, Bake at 350F/150C for 45 minutes or until tooth pick or knife comes out clean.

Allow the cake to cool completely before topping with frosting.

Making the Pumpkin Spice Frosting
3

Using a mixer of choice, cream butter until fluffy then gradually add in the confectioner's sugar.

Once the sugar and butter have mixed well, incorporate the vanilla, spices and milk then continue to mix until a light whipped texture forms.

Sweet Potato Spice Cake