Best Sweet Potato Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
A moist Best Sweet Potato Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is highlighted by cinnamon, cloves, and topped with cream cheese glaze.
Servings 16 servings
Calories 454kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 5 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups baked sweet potatoes cooled and mashed
- 3 cups all-purpose flour sifted then measured
- 1 and ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 and ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 4- ounces cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 and ½ cup powdered sugar (aka confectioners)
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3-4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Instructions
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan with solid vegetable shortening and then sprinkle with granulated sugar. Or coat with Wilton Cake Release.
- In a bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time beating until just incorporated after each addition. Add vanilla and mashed sweet potatoes and mix into batter.
- Add flour mixture slowly to egg mixture. Mix until combined.
- Spoon into prepared tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 70 to 75 minutes. Remove and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes until inverting on a serving plate to cool completely.
For the glaze
- In a large bowl, whisk or beat all the cream cheese glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- To cook in two 9-inch loaf pans, bake for 55 to 60 minutes. To cook in three 7-inch bundt pans, bake for 45 to 50 minutes. I recommend this bundt pan to avoid it overflowing. It's taller than most bundt pans. I use this Tube Pan for all my pound cakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 450mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 2951IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
