Name: Light Sweet Potato Cake Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups flour; ½ cup whole wheat flour; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp Baking Soda; 1 tsp Cinnamon; ⅛ tsp salt; ¼ tsp ginger; 2 eggs; ½ tsp vanilla; ½ cup milk; ¼ cup oil; ⅔ cup sugar; 2 tbsp honey; 1 cup sweet potato puree; peanut butter

Light Sweet Potato Cake Recipe

Giavani Vandyke Modified: November 12, 2023

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How To Make Light Sweet Potato Cake

Sweet potato cake is a light and sweet dessert with the aroma of ginger and cinnamon. Serve with peanut butter for some added flavor.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½cupsflour
½cupwhole wheat flour
2tspbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
1tspcinnamon
⅛tspsalt
¼tspginger
2eggs
½tspvanilla
½cupmilk
¼cupoil
⅔cupsugar
2tbsphoney
1cupsweet potato puree
peanut butter,for serving, optional

Instructions

Mix the dry ingredients then the wet ingredients separately.
Then mix them together.
Pour into a loaf pan
Bake in the oven on 350 degrees F for 50 minutes to 1 hour.
Optional : serve it with peanut butter.

Nutrition

Calories: 292.66kcal
Fat: 8.76g
Saturated Fat: 1.20g
Trans Fat: 0.03g
Monounsaturated Fat: 4.87g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.34g
Carbohydrates: 49.01g
Fiber: 2.12g
Sugar: 22.58g
Protein: 5.53g
Cholesterol: 41.52mg
Sodium: 237.79mg
Calcium: 122.79mg
Potassium: 148.47mg
Iron: 1.03mg
Vitamin A: 142.13µg
Vitamin C: 0.44mg

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