Sweet Potato Pound Cake

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Title: Sweet Potato Pound Cake
Categories: Governors r, Cheesecakes
Yield: 1 servings

Cake:
1 c Butter
2 c Sugar
1 1/2 c Mashed cooked sweet potatoes
4 Eggs
3 c Flour
1/4 ts Soda
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Chopped pecans
1/2 c Flaked coconut
Icing:
1 lb Confectioner's sugar
Grated rind of one orange
Grated rind of one lemon
Juice of one lemon
Juice of one orange

Recipe by: Governor Zell Miller, Georgia
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.JM.
Governor Zell Miller, Georgia

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