SOUL FOOD SWEET POTATO POUND CAKE

"Recipe by the "Queen of Soul Food" Sylvia Woods (RIP 7/19/12) You can use Sugar Substitute or Regular Sugar. Woods teamed up with Spenda to reduce calories in some of her recipes. I use Xylitol or Ideal Sugar Substitute and think it's healthier than Spenda IMHO"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350º F.
  • Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan. Sprinkle walnuts in pan; set aside.
  • Combine flour, sugar or sugar substitute, baking powder, salt and soda in a large bowl; set aside.
  • Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer for about two minutes or until creamy.
  • Add sweet potatoes, buttermilk and extracts, beating until blended.
  • Add flour mixture in thirds, beating until batter is smooth after each addition.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
  • Spoon batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in the center comes our clean.
  • Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.
  • Remove from pan nut side up.

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