Sweet Potato Cake - a spiced layer cake made with sweet potatoes, filled with orange cream filling, and frosted with chocolate cream cheese frosting.
Servings 16-20 servings
Calories
Author Deborah Harroun
Ingredients
Cake:
2medium or 1 large sweet potato12 ounces
3cupsof cake flour**
3teaspoonsof baking powder
1and 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
3/4teaspoonof ground nutmeg
1/4teaspoonof cloves
5eggsseparated
2and 1/4 cups of sugar
1stick plus 2 tablespoons of butterat room temperature
1and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
1and 1/4 cups of milk
Chocolate Cream Frosting:
10ouncescream cheese*** at room temperature
1stick of butter at room temperature
16ouncesof powdered sugar; sifted
1and 1/2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate melted and slightly cooled
Orange Cream Filling:
1cupof reserved cream cheese icing from above.
2tablespoonsof frozen orange juice concentratethawed
1/4teaspoonof orange extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400F degrees. Prick the sweet potatoes in 2-3 places, place on a small baking dish and bake for 1 hour or until the potatoes are very soft. Remove from the oven and cool slightly.
Reduce the oven temperature to 350F degrees. Butter the bottoms and the sides of the pans and line with parchment paper. Butter the parchment paper also.
When the sweet potatoes are cool peel off the skin and remove any dark spots. Cut the potatoes into chunks and puree in a food processors. Puree until smooth. Measure out one cup of potato puree and set aside.
Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves. Set aside.
In the bowl of electric mixer add the egg whites and attach whip attachment. Beat on medium speed until egg whites are frothy. raise the speed to high and gradually beat in 1/4 cup of sugar. Continue to beat until the egg whites are moderately stiff.
In another large bowl with the paddle attachment, combine the sweet potato, butter, vanilla, and remaining sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks one at a time. Make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl after each egg yolk is added. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients and milk in alternately in 2-3 additions. making sure to begin and end with the dry ingredients.
With a large spatula, fold in one fourth of the egg whites into the batter to lighten. Then fold in the remaining egg whites until no streaks remain. Making sure to not over mix or this will deflate the batter. Divide the batter among of the three pans.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let the cake layers cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then turn out the cake layers onto a wire rack and cool completely at least 1 hour.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Slowly add the powdered sugar to cream cheese butter mixture. Making sure to scrape down the sides the sides of the bowl. Then beat until light fluffy 2-3 minutes.
Measure out 1 cup of frosting and set aside.
Add the melted chocolate to the remaining icing in the bowl and beat until well combined.
Stir together the reserved frosting, reserved orange juice concentrate, and orange extract.
To assemble the cake, place one layer flat side up on to a cake stand.
With a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2 inch round tip and filled with chocolate cream cheese icing, pipe border around the edge of the cake. Fill the center with the orange cream filling smoothing it to the edge of the border.
Place the second layer on top and repeat the process.Place the third layer on top and use all the chocolate cream cheese frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.
Notes
**The recipe calls for cake flour and if you only have all-purpose flour on hand, you can substitute 3/4 cup (105 grams) all purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons (30 grams) cornstarch.*If fresh sweet potato is not available where you live you may use canned sweet potato, yams, and pumpkin puree.Recipe from Sky High