Delightful Sweet Potato Layer Cake

Here’s another Sweet Potato Layer Cake recipe for those who love a challenge!

It is not one of the simplest cakes to make but the pride of having conquered another baking trial and the blissful taste of your results will surely make it worth it.

This Sweet Potato Layer Cake recipe requires sweet potatoes of course, cake flour, a few spices and paying close attention to the directions. The cake itself has a very delicate sweet potato flavor with lingering undertones of refined spices. Perhaps this sweet potato layer cake could be a nice substitute to a traditional sweet potato pie, if you ever feel like offering something new on the dinner table.

For further instructions for this unique cake, please click the link below

 

 

Sweet Potato Layer Cake

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Ingredients

For Cake:
2 large sweet potatoes (about 1 lb)
3 cups cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 eggs, separated
2 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
1 stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/4 cups whole milk

For Frosting:
2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup milk or cream, more or less as needed

 

 

 

 

 

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