During the fall, sweet potato trumps pumpkin any day. That’s why I legit add it to all of my baking recipes including my sweet potato coffee cake recipe. I roast the sweet potato so the flavor is more intense then I add a cinnamon streusel to the inside of the moist cake batter and top it with a maple glaze. All fall mornings should start with a slice of this. Check out my video below to walk you through the steps.
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Video Tutorial
How to Make Sweet Potato Coffee Cake
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare your 10-cup bundt pan with shortening and flour or non-stick baking spray. In your mixer bowl, cream together butter, sugar and salt on high speed until light and fluffy for 5 minutes.
Step 2: Next add in eggs, one at a time, and mix until well-incorporated.
Step 3: Slow mixer to lowest speed and carefully add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Finally add in sour cream, sweet potato and extract.
Step 4: Beat until just combined. Don’t overmix here.
Step 5: Make the cinnamon swirl by adding all ingredients to a medium sized bowl and whisking together until smooth. Pour half of cake batter into prepared bundt pan then pour cinnamon swirl mixture over the top and swirl through batter.
Step 6: Pour remaining cake batter on top of swirl then bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out moist but mostly clean. Cool cake for 10 minutes then invert cake onto cooling rack and cool until room temp. Once cake is completely cooled, whisk together confectioner’s sugar, maple syrup and milk. Drizzle glaze over cooled cake and serve.
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Sweet Potato Coffee Cake Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 large eggs room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup sour cream room temperature
- 3/4 cup mashed sweet potato
- 1 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
For the Cinnamon Swirl
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter melted
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
For the Maple Glaze
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tbsp milk
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare your 10-cup bundt pan with shortening and flour or non-stick baking spray.
- In your mixer bowl, cream together butter, sugar and salt on high speed until light and fluffy for 5 minutes.
- Next add in eggs, one at a time, and mix until well-incorporated.
- Slow mixer to lowest speed and carefully add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Finally add in sour cream, sweet potato and extract and beat until just combined.
For the Cinnamon Swirl
- Add all ingredients to a medium sized bowl and whisk together and until smooth.
To Assemble Cake
- Pour half of cake batter into prepared bundt pan then pour cinnamon swirl mixture over the top and swirl through batter.
- Pour remaining cake batter on top of swirl then bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out moist but mostly clean.
- Cool cake for 10 minutes then invert cake onto cooling rack and cool until room temperature.
For the Glaze
- Once cake is completely cooled, whisk together confectioner’s sugar, maple syrup and milk. Add more milk or syrup if needed. Glaze should be pourable but not too thin.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled cake and serve.
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Notes
Nutrition
Recipe Tips
- Roast the Sweet Potato: For better more intense flavor, I prefer to bake the sweet potato before mashing. Boiling the sweet potato will also add more water to your batter.
- Easy Swap: You can also swap in store bought canned sweet potato if you are out of time but remember this is a last resort.
- Don’t Overmix: Once those dry ingredients go into the bowl, I like to turn off the mixer and just fold them in so the cake doesn’t get heavy and dense.
- Adjust: The icing can be the thickness or thinness you like. Add the liquid a little at a time until you get the consistency you like.
Great Fall Baking Recipes
- Spiced Cider Apple Cake
- Caramel Apple Cheesecake
- Pumpkin Pound Cake
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Pumpkin Pie
- Apple Cobbler
- Coffee Cake
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Y’all this cake was so very yummy!! I’ve made it 3-4 times now & received rave reviews everytime!! Thx so much Jocelyn for sharing such a delicious recipe especially during the holidays!