My Sister's Sweet Potato Bread

This is my sister Barb's recipe. It is the first thing I ever made for my husband when we first met and he flipped over it. He ate a whole loaf driving home from my house!

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Yields: 2 Standard Loaves

Ingredients

• 2  cups white sugar
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 3  eggs
• 2  cups  mashed  canned candied yams or 2  cups sweet potatoes
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 3  cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon ginger
• 1  teaspoon ground cloves
• 1  cup  chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg, sweet potatoes and vanilla.
3. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (except walnuts) together well and add to wet ingredients.
4. Stir until just combined.
5. Fold in walnuts.
6. Pour into 2 standard loaf pans.
7. Bake for 75 minutes or until thin knife inserted in center comes out clean.