APRICOT SWEET POTATO CAKE

Apricot Sweet Potato Cake image

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 1h15m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 19

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
4 large eggs
1-1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes (without added butter or milk)
2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup finely chopped dried apricots
APRICOT GLAZE:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup apricot nectar
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
Pinch salt

Steps:

In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Beat in potatoes and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, ginger and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Add pecans and apricots. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. , Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over cake while warm.

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