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sweetserenade

Home Town: Solvang, California, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2010

I made this to use up some extra sweet potatoes I had leftover from Thanksgiving. It had a nice flavor, basically tastes like a spice cake similar to carrot cake. The texture was quite dense though, so I'm not sure I'd make it again. I like my cakes nice and fluffy. Next time, it's carrot cake or nothing!

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mizzykitty

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dallas, Texas, USA

Living In: London, Greater London, England, U.K.

Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009

Wonderfully spicy!

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PatriciaRose

Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2009

Cake turned out light, moist, and delicious. I didn't have dark brown sugar on hand so I used light brown. Couldn't find the allspice so I used nutmeg instead. I increased the amount of sweet potatoes to 1 1/2 cups and added a cup of sour cream for extra moistness. I frosted the layers with cream cheese frosting. This cake has the perfect texture with just the right level of spice. This one's a keeper.

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ANGELGIRL94

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Danville, Virginia, USA

Living In: Reidsville, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2008

I made this cake for some island friends and love it. I used canned sweet potatoes instead of fresh and added orange extract to the icing to enhance the orange flavor.

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chichi

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2008

This cake is wonderful. Moist and very good flavor. You can still taste the sweet potato even tho there's only 3/4 cup. I put 1 cup of rasins and run them through the chopper with a little of the Bmilk. I put Cream Cheese Frosting on it. I took it to a Church Supper. Everyone loved it.

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ericas ma

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Athens, Georgia, USA

Living In: Valdosta, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2006

I made this cake twice and each time the people I served it to said it was delicious and moist. I didn't make them in two separate pans but in a single 9" spring form pan and baked it for 40 minutes instead of 30 minutes. Another thing I did do the second time around was whisk together the mashed potato and the milk to blend it more evenly as the first time the potato was more clumpy. I also reduced the white sugar to 1/2 a cup as I found it a bit too sweet.

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Brooklyn

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2003

Wow! This was a pleasant surprise. It tastes a lot like carrot cake, but different enough that you can tell it is _not_ carrot cake - prompting enquiries of, "What the heck is in here?" No one ever guesses potatoes! This takes about 2 or 1.5 regular sweet potatoes. The batter is wonderful and will make a cake with two layers nicely. Mine did sag a bit in the middle after cooling but were still great. I frosted with Caramel Frosting, which I just realised now I forgot to add the vanilla to. A chewy moist cake that keeps well.

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