Sweet Potato Cake

Sweet Potato 

Cake

 Simple ingredients and easy to make
Looks like pie but it's cake
very soft and moist cake
with full of sweet potato inside,

very delicious.

Can serve room temperature 

or after chilled in fridge
Different taste

    Ingredients      

For 9-inch round cake pan

Cake flour 120g (1 cup)
Baking powder  1 teaspoon
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
Unsalted butter (room temperature) 100g  (1/2 cup)
Sugar 120g (2/3 cup)
Egg 2
Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
Plain yogurt 1/4 cup (70ml)
Sweet potato (peeled, cooked and mashed)  2/3 cup (130g)
Sweet potato (peeled, cubed and cooked)  1/3 cup (80g)

Optional
Sesame (white or black) 1 teaspoon
Powdered sugar 1 tablespoon 

 Grease cake pan with butter, 

and line with parchment paper in the bottom 

Preheat oven to 180°C/ 350°F.

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*Mashed  Sweet Potatoes*
Boil the sweet potato or steam until sweet potato is soft and then mash
Add one tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of sugar
and mix well

*Cubed Sweet Potato*

Peel and cut the sweet potato into small cubes
 On the boil water add one tablespoon of sugar, 
cook sweet potato cubed until soft

Drain water

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Mix the flour ,baking powder and salt together, 

and set aside

In a large bowl,  

whisk the butter and sugar with hand mixer 

on the high speed until pale and fluffy

Add eggs one by one at a time, 

whisk with hand mixer on medium speed 

Add vanilla extract and plain yogurt 

Add mashed sweet potato mix well

Add flour , and whisk with hand mixer on low speed  

until the cake batter is combined 

Pour the cake batter into cake pan, 

using a spatula smooth out 

Place sweet potato cubed on top of cake batter

Sprinkle  sesame over the top of cake 

Bake at 180°C / 350°F for  25-30minutes
until top is golden brown 
and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean

Place cake on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, 

then remove cake from pan

and place on a wire rack to cool completely

Sprinkle  powdered sugar over the top of cake 

( Optional )

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