Sweet Potato & Cranberry Layer Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 4 hrs
Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12


• 2 lbs tan skinned sweet potatoes


• 2 cups cake flour


• 2 teaspoons baking soda


• 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon


• 1 teaspoon ground ginger


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves


• 1 cup vegetable oil


• 1 cup sugar


• 1 cup brown sugar, packed


• 4 large eggs


• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts


• 2/3 cup dried cranberries


• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese


• 1/2 cup unsalted butter


• 3 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted


• 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed


• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 1/4 cup dried cranberries


• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.


• 2 prick potatoes and roast until soft, about 1 hour.


• 3 let cool, and then peel and mash.


• 4 measure 2 cups mashed potatoes and reduce oven to 350.


• 5 butter and flour 2 9 inch cake pans.


• 6 line bottom with parchment.


• 7 sift flour and next 6 ingredients together in a bowl.


• 8 in large bowl whisk together oil and sugars til smooth.


• 9 whisk in one egg at a time, then add potatoes.


• 10 whisk in flour in 3 additions.


• 11 stir in cranberries and walnuts.


• 12 divide cake mixture into the 2 pans and bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.


• 13 cool completely on wire racks.


• 14 for the frosting: use an electric mixer to beat cream cheese and butter til fluffy.


• 15 add powdered sugar, then orange juice and vanilla.


• 16 place one cake on platter flat side up and frost top.


• 17 place next layer on top, with its flat side down.


• 18 frost entire cake and use extra walnuts and cranberries to garnish as a ring around the top of the cake.


• 19 chill at least 2 hours to set the cake.