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Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012
this cake was very good and moist. the only things i changed were using 1c white sugar and 3/4c brown sugar, and used pumpkin pie spice instead of cinnamon. i used a chocolate stout beer, and the cake had a wonderful richness to it. i just used roasted sweet potato (no sugar or butter already added in) and the cake was plenty sweet enough. thanks so much for sharing this recipe, i will certainly use this again.
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Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2011
DELICIOUS! I made the following modifications: decreased the sugar to 1/2 + 1/8 cup due to the fact that my sweet potato casserole already had sugar in it and in the topping which consisted of pecans, brown sugar, butter and cornflakes. Then I used orange juice in place of the beer. When it was done baking (about 35 minutes), I made a glaze using milk and confectioner's (aka powdered) sugar and poured it on top - Oh my taste buds was it GOOD! My husband even ate it and he doesn't normally like anything with sweet potatoes in it! I will definitely be using this recipe year after year! Shared it on facebook too!
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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2011
My goodness these were perfect! I was skeptical about the beer that my husband happened to be drinking when I was making it, but oh my we're they delicoous! I'm sure any milk in place of beer would do just as well though.
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Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2011
This is DELICIOUS. I had an entire crock pot full of leftover sweet potato casserole after Thanksgiving and I used it all to make several loaves of this cake. The only change I made to the recipe was to cut the sugar by about 1/3 because there was already a lot of sugar in the leftover casserole I used. This recipe is fantastic and freezes beautifully. It gets devoured every time I take it to work.
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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011
My brother asked me to make a Sweet Potato Cake he saw on a Paula something cook show, so after reading the recipe I knew I wasn't going to like it. So I made both, hers and this one. I followed this recipe almost to the T. The only thing I changed was that I used a can of sweet potatoes instead of cooking them myself. I took both cakes to the Thanksgiving dinner party and this one was a hit. It was gone before the other one was even 1/4 eaten. It is very moist and super delicious. Next time I will make it with Splenda as I am diabetic and shouldn't be eating this (but it is so good).
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Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2011
This was delicious! I had a lot of sweet potatoes on hand so was looking for a recipe to use them in. The only change I made in the recipe was to use about a 1/2 cup of brown sugar in addition to the white sugar and I used root beer instead of beer to get the wonderful foaming action in the batter. Will definitely make this again!
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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2011
AWESOME cake. 'Nuff said. :-) Well, I guess I will share my modifications. I did not have plain sweet potatoes leftover. However, I did have some sweet potato casserole...2 cups to be exact. And mine wasn't the marshmallow-topped kind. It had a simple topping of butter, brown sugar, and sugar and cinnamon Ritz crackers. So this is what I used. I did not have beer on hand, so I used some coconut milk instead, which had been hanging around in my fridge for quite a while. And I actually took the salt level up to 3/4 tsp. I ALWAYS used this much salt, sometimes a full tsp., anytime there is cinnamon being used. It enhances the flavor so much, and it helps to cut through the sugar. Cinnamon will make sugary things taste sweeter and sometimes overbearing. I only used about 1/2 tsp. of vanilla. I don't even really think it was necessary, but then again my casserole had vanilla and cinnamon added to it in the beginning. I only used 1/2 C. of oil as well and subbed in 1/4 C. of applesauce, just because. And for the sugar, I used a full cup of white and the rest brown. The cake was so delightfully moist, and it does not need a frosting of any kind. I did put a cinnamon glaze over it just for added pizazz. I'm going to post this on my bundt cake blog. Thanks for sharing this fabulous idea!
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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2011
Totally Yummy! I used 1/2 a cup of applesauce instead of the oil.
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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011
OK, so I don't bake often but I always end up throwing away my sweet potato casserole leftovers (I always make too much). SO when I saw this recipe I was intrigued. OMG this is the best cake ever. AND for those of you who decide to omit the beer for something else - you are missing out on the rising effect of the CO2 with the baking powder and soda. This was the lightest, airiest, most moist cake EVER. Thank you for the recipe - this will be a day after thanksgiving tradition from now on!!!
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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2011
AMAZING and another 5 stars!! An extremely 'flexible' recipe as well - one person's review said they added some cooked carrots. I only had about 3/4 cup sweet potatoes left, but had alot of regular mashed potatoes so figured it was worth the try and substituted the remainder w/those and mixed in some molasses to sweeten them up. I also added a little ginger and nutmeg, just cuz I like those flavors. THANK YOU MLYIN for the DELICIOUS and CREATIVE way to use up leftovers!
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