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Recipe for the Best Thanksgiving Cake | janavar

Sweet Potato Cake with Maple Syrup Buttercream & Pecans

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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 1 two-layered cake with a diameter of 16.5 cm (or 6.5 in.)

Ingredients
  

for the cake

  • 350 g sweet potato puree
  • 190 g or 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 150 g or 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 150 g or 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 60 g or 1/4 cup butter
  • 3 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs

for the buttercream

  • 200 ml or 3/4 cup maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 230 g or 2 sticks butter
  • 170 g or 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 75 g or 2/3 cup pecan pieces

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to (or 350°F).
  • Melt the butter and let it cool slightly.
  • Pour the butter in a big bowl. Add the vegetable oil, the eggs, the vanilla extract, and all the sugar.
  • Mix well until everything is foamy.
  • Add the sweet potato puree, the flour, the baking powder, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix well.
  • Divide the dough evenly among the cake pans.
  • Bake for ca. 25 minutes.
  • Let the cakes cool in their pans for 10 minutes before you get them out.
  • For the frosting, bring the maple sirup to a boil in a little pot.
  • Simmer for about 10 minutes.
  • Add the eggs to a bowl.
  • Beat the eggs until they are thick and foamy.
  • Slowly drizzle the hot maple sirup into the bowl with the eggs while you continue to beat everything at high speed.
  • Beat until the mix has reached room temperature.
  • Add cubes of butter and continue to beat.
  • Add the powdered sugar and beat everything until smooth and creamy.
  • Put one cake layer on a plate. Spread a thin layer of buttercream on top. Add about half of the pecan pieces. Spread another thin layer of buttercream on top.
  • Put the second cake layer on the buttercream. Now spread the remaining buttercream on the top and side of the whole cake.
  • Decorate with the remaining pecan pieces.