Sweet Potato Rum Cake With Butter Rum Frosting Food

SWEET POTATO BUNDT CAKE WITH SPICED BUTTERED RUM GLAZE

Steps:

• Special equipment: bundt pan
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Lightly grease a 10-cup bundt pan.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set the mixture aside. In a separate large mixing bowl, mash the sweet potato, leaving only a slight meaty texture. Whisk together the sweet potato and the eggs. Whisk in the warm water, then the sugar, then the oil followed by the vanilla extract. Stir in the dry ingredients until homogenous then fold in raisins and walnuts. Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let the cake cool in the tin for 15 minutes and invert onto a serving platter or cake stand.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan with the rum. Pull from the heat and whisk in the confectioners' sugar until smooth.
• Pour the glaze over the cooled cake. Slice and serve.

SWEET POTATO RUM CAKE WITH BUTTER RUM FROSTING

Steps:

• Soak the raisins in rum for at least 30 minutes to plump them up.
• Meanwhile peel, dice and boil sweet potatoes until tender. Mash and let cool.
• Preheat oven to 350º, and prepare 13 X 9 baking pan with cooking spray and a little flour.
• Combine all of the cake ingredients (except raisins) in a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine. With an electric mixer, mix on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Fold in the raisin/rum mixture. Spread into the prepared baking pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake completely before frosting.
• To make the frosting, melt the butter in a large saucepan, and allow it to brown just lightly. Remove from the heat and add the remaining frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth and creamy. You can add a little additional rum, orange juice, or water to thin it if necessary, or add a little confectioners sugar if you need to thicken it. Spread over the cake and refrigerate overnight. Serve cold.

SWEET POTATO BOURBON CAKE WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F, make sure a rack is in the center of the oven and grease 2 9" round cake pans and line with parchment round.
• Place the 18 tablespoons butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on medium until creamy and well blended, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time mixing well between each. Add in the sweet potato and mix for 1 minute more. Add the water and vanilla and mix on low for 1 minute.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, allspice, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Add to the sweet potato mixture and mix on low until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pans, smoothing the top and gently tapping on the counter several times to release any trapped bubbles.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 40-45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes in the pan, remove from the pan and finish cooling on a cooling rack. While the cake is baking combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat stirring until the sugar has melted. Whisk in the bourbon, cool slightly. Once the cake has cooled, place plastic wrap in the pan and place the cake back in the pan. Pour the bourbon syrup over the cakes. Cakes can be refrigerated overnight before frosting.
• To prepare the buttercream, place the 2 sicks butter in a medium saucepan and melt over medium heat. Once melted, crank up the heat to medium high. Stand by, stirring and watching. Small golden bits will start to settle on the bottom of the pan and it will start to smell delicious and nutty. Once this happens, take it off the heat and pour into a small, heat-safe bowl to cool completely.
• In an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment add the cooled brown butter, softened butter and mix on low until combined. Add in the powdered sugar and mix on low adding cream as needed until fully blended and smooth. Frost the cake leaving the sides naked or lightly frosted. Dust with nutmeg.
• adapted from https://www.displacedhousewife.com/pumpkin-bourbon-cake-with-brown-butter-bourbon-buttercream/.