Sweet potato fruit cake
Sweet potato fruit cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 4 eggs, separated
- 4 tablespoons hot water
- 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups grated raw sweet potatoes
- 4 cups chopped pecans
- 1 cup dark raisins
- 1 cup light raisins
- 4 ounces red cherries
- 4 ounces green cherries
- 8 ounces candied mixed fruit
Recipe method:
- This requires a very large bowl to mix in.
- Blend sugar and oil.
- Add yolks. Beat well.
- Add hot water.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add to sugar and yolk mixture. Beat well.
- Add potatoes.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Stir in nuts and fruit.
- Pour into a greased and floured tube cake pan.
- Bake at 250 degrees F for 2 1/2 hours.
- Cake is done when it pulls away from pan sides.
- Let cool. Remove from pan.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and foil.
- Store in refrigerator.
- It might pull apart when slicing.
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