Sweet Potato Bourbon Whiskey Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 3 cups cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1⁄2 cups oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 5 eggs (seperated)
- 1⁄3 cup water (boiling)
- 2 tablespoons Bourbon
- 1 cup pecans (chopped)
- 3⁄4 lb sweet potato
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- Sift together; flour,baking powder,salt & seasonings, set aside.
- Beat oil and sugars together until smooth, beat in egg yolks & boiling water gradually; beat for 2-3minutes.
- Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture gradually, stirring well.
- Stir in bourbon (take a sip if you like, as this adds to the character of the cake).
- Stir in pecans.
- Peel and grate sweet potatoes (should end up with 2 cups packed); stir into sugar mixture.
- Beat egg whites until they form soft peaks; add the cream of tartar & salt.
- Stir 1/4 of the whites into sweet potato mix, then fold in remainder.
- Place in a greased 10 inch tube pan and bake about 1 hour in a preheated 350 degree oven.
- Cool pan for at least 15 minutes before unmolding.
- Serve solo, or dust with confectioners' sugar.
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Reviews
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I settled on this cake recipe because of the Sweet potatoes (not the bourbon!) & was pleasantly surprised to find that the bourbon flavor added a nice touch to the whole thing! Will definitely be saving this recipe in my yam cookbook ~ OK, so they really are sweet potatoes! Thanks for sharing a very tasty recipe (well at least a tasty cake)! [Tagged, made & reviewed in the FAMILY PICKS part of ZWT5]
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
BakinBaby
Cave Creek, Arizona