Sweet Potato Cake, a recipe from the French West Indies on the Worldwide Gourmet

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Sweet Potato Cake Recipe

Recipe

Total time: 1hr to 2hr

Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F)
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 + 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

Ingredients for 4 servings

- 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) Sweet Potatoes

- 125 g (4 oz.) butter

- 5 eggs

- 1 tsp. ground ginger

- 10 g (1 tbsp.) flour

- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) brown granulated sugar

- 2 packets of vanilla sugar

- 100 ml (6 tbsp.) milk

- 50 ml (3 tbsp.) rum

Method

Peel the sweet potatoes; cook in boiling water for about 30 minutes; drain and purée;
add all the ingredients except for 2 or 3 of the egg whites to the sweet potato purée; mix well to form a smooth batter.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold them gently into the batter with a spatula.
Pour into a buttered cake pan; bake for 30 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting the tip of a knife.

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