VEGAN SWEET POTATO CAKE

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This sweet potato cake smells like autumn thanks to cinnamon and cloves, and just happens to be vegan. There aren't any hard-to-find ingredients here, just sweet potato, sugar, flour, oil, and spices. The secret to the depth of flavor might be the coffee, but the end result does not taste like a coffee-flavored cake.

Provided by Diana Moutsopoulos

Categories 100+ Everyday Cooking Recipes Vegan Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 13

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Ingredients

2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1 ¾ cups cooled coffee
¾ cup olive oil
¼ cup sweet potato puree
1 cup confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
1 tablespoon orange juice, or more as needed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and cloves in a bowl and mix well. Add cooled coffee, oil, and sweet potato puree; mix well. Pour batter evenly into the prepared baking pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
Stir together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon orange juice, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add more sugar or orange juice, if needed, to achieve your desired consistency. Drizzle icing over the top of the cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 335.9 calories, Carbohydrate 50.4 g, Fat 13.8 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 163.7 mg, Sugar 27 g