The Cake Slice: Sweet Potato Cake
November 20, 2008 at 4:41 pm | Posted in cakes & tortes, groups, layer cakes, sweet things, the cake slice | 30 Comments
I just realized that today’s the posting day for the second installment of The Cake Slice! This month (or yesterday, in my case) we baked up a Sweet Potato Cake from the delicious book Sky High: Irresistible Triple Layer Cakes by Alicia Huntsman and Peter Wynne.
If you are thinking that this cake sounds a little weird, the sweet potato puree makes the cake really moist (and orange-hued), but I think the flavor actually isn’t so noticeable. The cake batter has all of the nice, warm fall spices…cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves…and they are what really shine here.
The spice cake is great with the frosting…a chocolate cream cheese frosting, that is! According to the recipe, the chocolate cream cheese mix is just used to frost the outside. The cake “should” be filled with an orange cream cheese filling. I’ve said this a trillion times, but I don’t like fruit and chocolate, so I went chocolate all the way! I am missing a few kitchen essentials right now, like a scale and a sieve. I had to wing the frosting, adding powdered sugar and chocolate to taste (which for me means less sweet and more chocolate). Since I wasn’t able to sift the sugar, I had a few lumpies in there, but that’s not gonna end my world.
This is a cake I’m really glad I made– it’s moist, spicy tall and tasty! Visit Katie for the recipe (or get your hands on a copy of Sky High: Irresistible Triple Layer Cakes), and cruise through the list of The Cake Slice Bakers to check out all of our sweet potato cakes!
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I was really surprised at how nicely all the flavors went together to make a very very nice cake. Yours looks wonderful, nice and tall and beautifluuy decorated.
Comment by Bunny— November 20, 2008 #
wow this cake looks so good. I like it to be sky high. means more cake 🙂 interesting flavours too
Comment by snooky doodle— November 20, 2008 #
I don’t think this sounds strange at all!! In fact, I think it’s an awesome idea. And maybe the sweet potato will make you feel a little less guilty about eating cake? Worth a try!
Comment by Sues— November 20, 2008 #
INCREDIBLE!!
Comment by VeggieGirl— November 20, 2008 #
Lovely looking cake and I really enjoyed this month’s bake as well.
Comment by jo— November 20, 2008 #
I love it, sweet potato cake, yum! 😀
Comment by Jennifer— November 20, 2008 #
Your cake looks lovely! I loved this cake. It was so yummy!
Comment by food librarian— November 20, 2008 #
that does look lovely and moist. Hope you are having fun in NYC!
Comment by Tammy— November 20, 2008 #
Sorry about that lonely Y up there! I don’t know what I did- anyway, your cake looks yummy. I didn’t even notice the orange filling was missing. I can’t wait to make this!
Comment by Mary Ann— November 20, 2008 #
Ah, I should have gone chocolate all the way, too! Although, the orange flavor wasn’t so strong – because I don’t like fruit and chocolate together, either.
Comment by Megan— November 20, 2008 #
Hi!!!Thanks for your comment.
Your cake looks great too, I think sweet potato cakes taste like carrot cake….
Comment by Mimí— November 20, 2008 #
I wish I would have done all chocolate – I think it would be a little better that way!! Beautiful cake!
Comment by Deborah— November 21, 2008 #
i totally agree that this is the perfect cake for fall. forget the lumps…i think your cake looks spectacular (and really delicious!). 🙂
Comment by Linda— November 21, 2008 #
I agree that the sweet potato flavor was not noticeable but it made the cake really moist. Your cake came out really sky high, looks great!
Comment by Caroline— November 21, 2008 #
It doesn’t look like your layers slipped all over the place like mine did! 🙂
Comment by Melissa— November 21, 2008 #
Ohh, sweet potato, spices and chocolate? Sounds lovely!
Comment by BitterSweet— November 21, 2008 #
This looks incredibly moist!
Comment by RecipeGirl— November 22, 2008 #
Looks great! It is a great spice cake to serve during the fall. 🙂
Comment by Gigi— November 22, 2008 #
This sounds great! And I agree that putting chocolate between the layers was a better idea than just on the outside, because there can never be enough chocolate!
Comment by annie— November 23, 2008 #
a three cake cake – perfect for me – with or without the icing.
Comment by giz— November 23, 2008 #
this was a great cake. I really enjoyed it as well. I can’t even see the lumps in your frosting. I had some as well, but they really show up in my photos.
Comment by Nicole— November 23, 2008 #
Looks delicious! The chocolate filling sounds much better than the orange – you made a good decision. Yum!
Comment by Melissa— November 23, 2008 #
Beautiful cake! It looks delicious. perfect for Thanksgiving!
Comment by Paula— November 23, 2008 #
Who doesn’t like a “sky high” cake? Love it! Hope you did too.
Great Photos
AmyRuth
Comment by Amy Ruth— November 24, 2008 #
Holy moly! That would look wonderful on my cake stand for Thanksgiving. 😉
Comment by Sugar Betty— November 24, 2008 #
I am absolutely in love with your blog’s design and gosh all the photos! Absolutely stunning, very clean and gorgeous blog. Keep it up! 🙂
Amsie.
fellow foodie
Comment by amsiewong— November 24, 2008 #
wow!! very interesting and looks very tasty too!!!
love it!
Comment by Ashley— November 24, 2008 #
This cake is awesome. I have tried one and intend on making one myself, I am totally hooked.
Comment by devona— December 23, 2008 #
wow this cake looks lovely!!! Do you think this spice cake would go well with a cream cheese frosting instead? Idk cause chocolate and this carrot cake just seems like a rather queer combination in my head >.< Do you think you could post the recipe for this? Cause I don't think the book is avail where I am 😦
Comment by sugarysunshines— February 9, 2016 #
Thanks! Yes, this would be terrific with cream cheese frosting for sure! The last paragraph has a link to the blog (Katie’s blog) where the cake recipe is posted. Please let me know if you have any trouble accessing the recipe.
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— February 10, 2016 #