Cinnamon Ripple Sweet Potato Cake

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Servings: 8
Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy

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1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened, plus butter for pan
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
12 ounces sour cream
1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato (about 1 medium)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Rum Glaze, recipe follows

Rum Glaze:

2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 teaspoon rum extract
Pecans, for garnish

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.

In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon; set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the 1 cup of butter and sugar. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the sour cream, sweet potatoes, and vanilla.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Gradually add it to the butter mixture, stirring well.

Pour half of sweet potato batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with the brown sugar mixture. Spoon the remaining batter evenly over the streusel. Bake until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove the cake from the oven and cool. Spoon the Rum Glaze over cooled cake, slice and serve.

Rum Glaze:

In a small bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients until smooth.

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Reader Comments:

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Omgee! This turned out great!! I got rave reviews when I made it and took it to church! I made a 2nd one today to submit for my husband's family reunion cake contest!!!

By LaLa on August 11, 2012

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Made this cake for Thanksgiving.....I must say it was the first thing to go. Delicious cake Mrs. Paula.

By Cynthia on November 26, 2011

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last year at thanksgiving time i made this and before it had time for the iceing to make it all the way down the sides everyone was already getting into it and loved every bite. We had no left overs and i have been told that i have to make it again this year smile

By kelly on November 18, 2011

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Love the cake. However, the nutmeg measurement is not posted so I just did 1 teaspoon.

By Georvohn Lambert on November 04, 2011

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I made this cake and my family barely ate it. I ended up throwing away most of this cake. I followed directions to the t but this cake came out very dry. The flavor of the cake was a bit weird. The brown sugar-pecan and sweet potato combination just didn't work well IMO. I will not be making this recipe again.

By Share on August 21, 2011

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By Derorah Richards on May 01, 2011

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Hi Richard, The recipe above is the one you're looking for.

By Jonathan Able on April 15, 2011

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I've been trying to get your reicept for you sweet potatoe cake with rum icing and i still have'nt found it can you please email it to me thank you

By richard nelson on April 03, 2011

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I'm not sure if this cake is completely baked! I've followed the recipe to the letter and tried twice and still it comes out kind of gummy. I used skewer stick to test for doness and it came out clean. What am I doing wrong? Should I leave in the oven longer than the 1 hour baking time? My husband and my neighbor says the flavor is great but I certainly don't want to present a half-baked cake.

By Dana L on November 30, 2010

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Tried this cake for Thanksgiving and wished I would have tried earlier, I would not have made it. It came out really heavy like it was not done (in fact it did not look done when cut), and it split in the middle. In the show the texture looked like a moist cake but this was not. Wasted all ingre. plus the pecans and had to throw away.

By Anonymous on November 29, 2010

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this cake fell and was a big disappointment - tried it twice, should this have baking soda in addition to the baking powder?

By Anonymous on November 25, 2010

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YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Anonymous on November 24, 2010

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I was really excited about this recipe when I saw her make it on the show. I have never made a cake that didn't come out of a box...It came out PERFECT!

By Anonymous on November 24, 2010

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I had problems with this recipe. The cake didn't was a lot lighter in color then on the show on Food Network. Once turned out of the pan, the cake split where the "ripple".

By SweetT on November 17, 2010

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