Best Sweet Potato Orange Pound Cake Recipes

SWEET POTATO & ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then grease & flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in the vanilla.
• In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt & nutmeg, then add this flour mixture to the butter mixture, a cup at a time, & alternating the flour mixture additions with a cup of sweet potato additions. BEFORE COMPLETELY MIXED, add the tablespoon of orange zest, & mix just until combined in a stiff batter.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan & bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven & cool for 10 minutes before removing cake from the pan & placing the cake on a wire rack to cool completely.
• FOR THE GLAZE: In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of orange zest & enough juice to achieve an acceptable consistency.
• Drizzle over the cooled cake.

ORANGE SWEET POTATO POUND CAKE W/ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR DURING FIRST HOUR OF BAKING. These are the spices, butter, eggs and sugars & orange needed to make the cake.
• 2. Additional extract ingredients & nuts used for the cake. I also used Buttermilk baking soda and self rising white lily flour.
• 3. I baked the sweet potatoes in the oven then whipped them till smooth and stored them in the fridge in a zip lock bag. I used Tropicana Orange juice.
• 4. Add flour to a sifter, and add in the salt, spices & baking soda and sift to blend together.
• 5. Cream butter till soft and creamy, then gradually add in both sugars, beating well after each addition is added. Beat until creamy and smooth and no granules are visible, about 10 minutes.
• 6. Add in the eggs one at a time. Then slowly add in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• 7. In a medium size bowl add the beaten sweet potatoes along with the zest from one orange, and the orange juice, then beat till thoroughly blended together, then add to cake batter. Then add in the chopped nuts, and beat till blended.
• 8. Spray a 16 cup Bundt pan liberally with Bakers Joy, and then pour cake batter into pan, Garnish top with pecan halves if desired, and bake in preheated 325 degree F. oven for 90 minutes or until long wooden skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean. PLEASE NOTE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A 16 CUP BUNDT PAN, USE 2 SMALLER PANS. The pan in the picture is a 12 cup, but I added the remaining batter to a 3 cup Bundt pan. Did not realize the amount of batter I had until AFTER I had added it to the pan. REMEMBER TO LEAVE ROOM IN PAN FOR CAKE TO RISE AT LEAST 2 INCHES.
• 9. For the glaze add the softened butter to a medium size bowl, along with the orange extract, and about 2 tablespoons of the orange juice, then beat till glaze is blended together. Add additional orange juice as needed till desired spreading consistency is reached. Drizzle onto cooled cake as desired, and top with additional pecan halves if desired. Serve and enjoy.
• 10. HERE IS THE SMALLER CAKE, I GAVE IT TO MY NEIGHBOR, ALONG WITH a pecan pie, Homemade dinner Rolls, & a Sweet Potato Pie.
• 11. Here is a platter of the sliced cake that I gave to another neighbor. They really loved it.