Zell Miller's Sweet Potato Poundcake
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
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
Icing:
1 (pound) box confectioner's sugar
grated rind of one orange
grated rind of one lemon
juice of one lemon
juice of one orange Recipe
Cake:
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
Icing:
Combine all ingredients, slowly adding enough orange juice to make spreading consistency