How delicious are the sweet potatoes from Cádiz! Since they start in autumn, we usually eat them roasted or cooked in syrup. But, Didn't you know that we could use these "sweet potatoes" to make cakes and biscuits? Well yes, many of you will know the traditional sweet potato pie American. Does it sound familiar to you? On this occasion we have opted for a cake that contains the color, flavor and nutritional properties of the sweet potato: potassium, antioxidants and carbohydrates. Let's prepare it, which is Carnival and you have to bring Cadiz products to the table!

sweet potato cake

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How delicious the sweet potatoes from Cádiz! And with this sweet potato cake recipe you can get all their flavor at breakfast to start the day with energy

Ángela

Kitchen: cuisine
Recipe type: breakfasts and snacks
Rations: 8

Total time:

Ingredients

1 sweet potato weighing about 650 gr.
3 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup of grated coconut
1 cup (250 ml.) Olive oil
the juice of 1/2 lemon or orange
a splash of sweet wine
the zest of 1 lemon or 1 orange
1 and a half cups of pastry flour
1 sachet (16 gr.) Baking powder
a pinch of salt

Preparation

We cook the sweet potato first. We can roast it in the oven, whole and unpeeled and wrapped in aluminum foil. Another option is to cook it like potatoes. Once tender, we let it cool down and peel it, avoiding wasting a lot of pulp. Extract the meat from the sweet potato and reduce it to a puree with a fork or blender. We booked.
In a large bowl we add the eggs and mix them with the sugar and salt, beating lightly. We also add the oil, the juice, the zest and the splash of wine. Add the coconut and the sweet potato dough. We mix well.
Separately, we mix the flour with the yeast and pour it little by little, with the help of a strainer if possible, over the sweet potato dough. When we have a homogeneous mixture, let it rest for a few minutes.
While we preheat the oven to about 180 degrees and grease a mold with oil or butter. We can also line it with baking paper. When the oven is hot, pour the sponge cake batter into the mold and place it in the oven for approximately 1 hour, but we must pay attention to the level of browning of the sponge in the last few minutes and if it is already almost dry inside, inserting a knife in the center.

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Sweet potato cake: breakfasts and snacks with energy