Sweet Potato Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Frosting Food

SWEET POTATO CAKE WITH ORANGE-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with shortening; line pans with wax paper, and grease paper.
• Dust with flour and shake out excess.
• Drain and press pineapple between paper towels to remove excess moisture; set pineapple aside.
• Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape bowl as needed.
• Stir in reserved pineapple, sweet potatoes, and next 3 ingredients until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
• Make frosting-.
• Peel orange sections, removing any bitter white pith.
• Process cream cheese and butter in a food processor just until smooth.
• Add 3 orange sections; process 20 seconds or until mixture is smooth (reserve remaining orange section for another use).
• Transfer cream cheese mixture to a mixing bowl; gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended; stir in vanilla.
• Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake; garnish with candied pecans and orange zest, if desired.

SWEET POTATO & CRANBERRY LAYER CAKE WITH ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Prick potatoes and roast until soft, about 1 hour.
• Let cool, and then peel and mash.
• Measure 2 cups mashed potatoes and reduce oven to 350.
• Butter and flour 2 9 inch cake pans.
• Line bottom with parchment.
• Sift flour and next 6 ingredients together in a bowl.
• In large bowl whisk together oil and sugars til smooth.
• Whisk in one egg at a time, then add potatoes.
• Whisk in flour in 3 additions.
• Stir in cranberries and walnuts.
• Divide cake mixture into the 2 pans and bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely on wire racks.
• For the Frosting: Use an electric mixer to beat cream cheese and butter til fluffy.
• Add powdered sugar, then orange juice and vanilla.
• Place one cake on platter flat side up and frost top.
• Place next layer on top, with its flat side down.
• Frost entire cake and use extra walnuts and cranberries to garnish as a ring around the top of the cake.
• Chill at least 2 hours to set the cake.

SWEET POTATO CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Prepare 13x9 pan (I use pan spray).
• In a large mixing bowl, mix all cake ingredients except nuts and coconut.
• Mix at low speed until moistened, then beat 3 minutes at high speed.
• Fold in the nuts and coconut.
• Pour into pan and bake about 40 to 50 minutes or until cake test done.
• Let cake cool.
• To make frosting:
• mix all ingredients well with electric mixer until the frosting is smooth.
• Frost cake.
• Sprinkle a bit of coconut or nuts on the frosting for garnish.
• This can be made a day ahead and kept tightly covered in refrigerator.