Sweet potato pound cake

Here’s a moist, rich Sweet Potato Pound Cake—perfect for dessert or a sweet snack 🍠🍰

Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1½ cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes (smooth, no strings)
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup milk or evaporated milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C).
   Grease and flour a bundt or loaf pan.
2. Cream butter & sugar
   Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (3–4 minutes).
3. Add eggs
   Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
4. Mix in sweet potatoes & vanilla
5. Dry ingredients
   In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
6. Combine
   Add dry ingredients to batter, alternating with milk. Mix just until smooth.
7. Bake
   Pour batter into pan.
   Bake:
   • Bundt pan: 75–85 minutes
   • Loaf pans: 60–70 minutes
     Cake is done when a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Cool
   Let cool 15 minutes, then remove from pan.

Optional glaze

Mix:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2–3 tbsp milk
• ½ tsp vanilla
  Drizzle over cooled cake.

Tips

• Roast sweet potatoes for best flavor
• Add ½ cup chopped pecans for crunch
• Tastes even better the next day

If you want, I can make it:

• Less sweet
• Dairy-free
• With a brown sugar or cream cheese glaze