There’s always room for more at the Thanksgiving dessert table, but this Sweet Potato Cake will steal the spotlight every year. Topped with a creamy cinnamon frosting, this perfectly moist cake celebrates the very best flavors of the season. Pick up two sweet potatoes, chopped pecans, Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ French Vanilla Cake Mix, and some Betty Crocker™ Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ Frosting the next time you're at the store, and your pantry staples will do the rest!
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Sweet Potato Cake with Cinnamon Frosting
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 2 hr 55 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 large orange sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ French Vanilla Cake Mix
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ Frosting
- 2 tablespoons caramel topping
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan; set aside.
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Step2In medium saucepan, cover sweet potato cubes with cold water. Heat to boiling; reduce heat, cover and simmer 12 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain and return potatoes to saucepan. Mash until smooth. Set aside to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
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Step3In large bowl, mix cake mix, milk, oil, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and 1 1/2 cups mashed sweet potato (save remaining sweet potato for another use) with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
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Step4Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, 1 hour 30 minutes.
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Step5Spread frosting over cake. Drizzle with caramel topping; sprinkle with pecans. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
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Nutrition
560 Calories
22g Total Fat
5g Protein
84g Total Carbohydrate
57g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 560
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 37%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 65mg
- 21%
- Sodium
- 440mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 180mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 84g
- 28%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 57g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 100%
- 100%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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