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Sweet Potato Spice Sheet Cake with Maple Syrup Frosting

Sweet potato gives this wonderful spice cake flavor and texture. It also boosts the vitamin A content as well as beta-carotene, added bonuses to an already delicious and moist cake perfect for fall.

Total Time

50min

5.0

1 Rating

Author: Homemade and Wholesome

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Ingredients

Sweet Potato Spice Sheet Cake

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1/2 cup

Unsalted Butter , softened

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3/4 cup

Granulated Sugar

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Eggland's Best Classic Eggs

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1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

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1 1/4 cups

All-Purpose Flour

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1 tsp

Baking Powder

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1/4 tsp

Salt

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1 tsp

Simply Organic Cinnamon, Ground

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1 pinch

Ground Nutmeg

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3/4 cup

Sweet Potato Purée

Maple Syrup Frosting

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2 cups

Powdered Confectioners Sugar

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2 Tbsp

Unsalted Butter , softened

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3 Tbsp

Maple Syrup

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a 9×9 square baking pan.

Cream Unsalted Butter (1/2 cup) and Granulated Sugar (3/4 cup) in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add Eggland's Best Classic Eggs (2) one at a time and mix until fully incorporated into the butter mixture.

Mix in Vanilla Extract (1 tsp) .

In a separate bowl, combine All-Purpose Flour (1 1/4 cups) , Baking Powder (1 tsp) , Salt (1/4 tsp) , Simply Organic Cinnamon, Ground (1 tsp) , and Ground Nutmeg (1 pinch) . Mix to combine.

Alternately add the flour mixture and the Sweet Potato Purée (3/4 cup) into the creamed mixture until a stiff batter is formed.

Spread batter into the prepared pan.

Bake for 25 minutes.

While it bakes, make the frosting. Combine Powdered Confectioners Sugar (2 cups) , Unsalted Butter (2 Tbsp) , and Maple Syrup (3 Tbsp) in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add more or less maple syrup and confectioners sugar as needed.

Let the cake cool completely before frosting. Enjoy!

Author's Notes

Yields 9-12 servings.

Nutrition Per Serving

CALORIES

346

FAT

11.3 g

PROTEIN

2.1 g

CARBS

58.9 g