This sweet potato cake serves 15 and is filled with the best flavors of fall: cinnamon, nutmeg and maple.
Sweet Potato Cake with Maple Frosting
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 15
- Ingredients 17
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1/2 cups mashed cooked dark-orange sweet potatoes (2 medium)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
Frosting
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons maple flavor
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat all cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until blended. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
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Step2Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
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Step3In medium bowl, beat frosting ingredients, adding enough milk until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cake.
Nutrition
420
Calories
14g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
71g
Total Carbohydrate
50g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 420
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 14g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 41%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 19%
- Sodium
- 450mg
- 19%
- Potassium
- 115mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 71g
- 24%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 50g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 90%
- 90%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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