Awesome Sweet Potato Cake. From sweet potato fries to sweet potato chili, sweet potato burgers - they're baked, boiled, mashed and smashed! From there we're adding creamy sweet potatoes, cinnamon and brown sugar to create a tender cake filled with. This sweet potato cake is so moist, soft and rich.

Although Sweet Potatoes in Orange Cups is my favorite, tried and true dish to serve at Thanksgiving, this year I wanted to try making something a little bit different. Try this sweet potato pound cake, a twist on traditional pound cake that features nutrient-rich sweet potatoes. It's the perfect addition to holiday dessert tables. You can have Awesome Sweet Potato Cake using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Awesome Sweet Potato Cake

You need 1 box of Spice Cake Mix.
It's 1/2 cup of Oil.
It's 1 cup of Water.
Prepare 3 of Eggs.
You need 1 cup of Sweet Potato, Grated.
You need 1 cup of Nuts or Raisins (can mix).
It's 8 oz of Softened Cream Cheese.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Butter or Margarine, softened.
It's 16 oz of Box of Powdered Sugar.
It's 2 tsp of Vanilla Flavoring.
You need 1 cup of Chopped Pecans.

A lightly spiced, moist sweet potato cake filled with Chantilly cream and topped with maple buttercream and maple candied nuts. I used Bruce's canned mashed sweet potatoes (just sweet potatoes - no additional ingredients) instead of cooking and mashing fresh sweet potatoes. I pureed the sweet potato rather than mashing it, and I only had to bake my cake for about an hour. Lightly oil your hands and from each portion into a patty.

Awesome Sweet Potato Cake step by step

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine first 6 ingredients by stirring together well. (Do not use mixer!).
Grease and flour bunt pan. (or any cake pan you like).
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes..
While baking make Frosting:.
Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed until smooth..
Slowly add powdered sugar. Beat until light and fluffy..
Add vanilla and pecans..
After cake has cooled, spread onto cake..
Best to let finish cake sit for about a hour..

Place each patty on the oiled I bake whole sweet potatoes as part of my meal prep every week. Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake takes the cake! This dense, chocolatey cake and frosting are both made with sweet potato - yes! You could say this one is special because it's vegan, whole-grain, oil-free. Or, that it's special because it has nutrient-dense sweet potatoes in both the frosting and cake.