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.