Post by Emmalou on Nov 21, 2002 19:56:39 GMT -6
Sweet Potato Pound Cake
1 cp butter
2 cps sugar
2-1/2 cps cooked sweet potatoes
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cp pecans
1/2 cp coconut
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
4 eggs
3 cps plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy; beat in sweet potatoes. Add eggs, one
at a time. Combine flour, salt, baking powder, soda, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
stir into creamed mixture. Add vanilla and mix well. Stir
in nuts and coconut. Spoon int greased tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for
1-1/4 hours. Combine following icing ingredients and spread over hot cake:
1 box confectioners sugar, juice and rind of 1 lemon. combine.
Emma