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Sweet Potato Pound Cake

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup flaked coconut

1 pound box confectioner's sugar
grated rind of one orange
grated rind of one lemon
juice of one lemon
juice of one orange

Cream butter and sugar; add sweet potatoes and beat until light
and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. Combine
dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture; add vanilla, nuts
and coconut. Pour mixture into greased 10 inch tube pan and bake
at 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tests done.
Spread with icing while warm.

For icing, combine sugar, rinds and juice, slowly adding enough
orange juice to make spreading consistency.

Printable version: sweet-potato-pound.txt.