Sweet potato and white chocolate cake

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Prep time:
20 min
Cook time:
1 hr
Serves:
Makes 8 slices

Felice Tocchini’s sweet potato and white chocolate cake replaces butter with the vegetable for a guilt-free sweet treat

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Ingredients

  • 90 ml vegetable oil
  • 150 g white chocolate, chopped into small chunks
  • 250 g self-raising flour
  • 200 g sugar
  • 250 g sweet potatoes, raw
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
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Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a loaf tin with silicone paper.

2. Place the oil in a bowl with half the chocolate and place on top of a pan of boiling water, stirring occasionally until melted. Remove from the heat and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, sift the flour and add the sugar.

4. Puree the sweet potatoes in a food processor. Add the eggs to the mixture one at a time, then add the vanilla, oil and chocolate.

5. Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the rest of the white chocolate and pour into the loaf tins.

6. Place in the oven and cook for 50 minutes to one hour or until cooked. To check if the cake is cooked, insert a wooden cocktail stick into it - if it comes out clean, the cake is cooked.

7. Leave to cool, slice and serve.

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Latest Comment

 

Perhaps a little pure vanilla essence might lift the flavour of the white chocolate?

EllenM13238 EllenM13238  Posted 16 Sep 2012 1:25 AM
 

I make this for the office all the time; the first time, I made everyone guess the mystery ingredient - and no one did! It's easy to make and turns out well every time.

Anna

Anna -Good Food Anna -Good Food  Posted 12 Sep 2012 10:04 AM
 

A really nice sweet cake and you can't tell it has sweet potato in it, but it needs something to lift the flavour of the white chocolate because it is difficult to taste it in there.

TonyS96202 TonyS96202  Posted 27 Jan 2012 5:38 PM