Sweet Potato Cake
1 cup fresh steamed mash sweet potatoes
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
2/3 cup raisins
1/3 cup chopped pecans
Confectioners' sugar
In a mixing bowl, beat potatoes, butter, milk and egg. Combine dry ingredients; add to potato mixture and mix well. Stir in raisins and pecans. Pour into a greased 8-cup fluted tube pan. Bake at 350 °F for 45-50 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
