50+ Friends Club Cookbook
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Sweet Potato Cake #2
From the Kitchen of:
Paz
Source:Cooking for the American Homemaker's
1-1/2
cups
Sifted flour
2-1/2
tsp
Baking powder
1/3
cup
Shortening
2
Eggs, well beaten
1
cup
Sweet potatoes, hot & mashed
3/4
cup
Sugar
1/4
tsp
Salt
1
tsp
Nutmeg or cinnamon
1/2
cup
Milk
2
Tbsp
Lemon juice
Sift flour and baking powder together.
Add shortening and beaten eggs to potatoes while still hot; add sugar, salt and nutmeg. Beat thoroughly.
Add flour and milk alternately in small amounts, beating well after each addition.
Add lemon juice.
Pour into greased loaf pan and bake in slow oven, 350º 60 to 65 minutes.
Makes 1 (8 x 4 inch) cake.