Southern Sweet Potato Loaf

This recipe appeared on my loaf tin! It’s a mild cake/sweet bread. Quite nice with some tea, or for breakfast.

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups plain flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp mace
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. grated orange rind
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup sweet potato, cooked, peeled and mashed

Method

• Preheat oven to 180 C

• Sift together the baking powder, flour and mace

• Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

• Add salt

• Add eggs, beating after each addition.

• Mix in the orange rind, vanilla, and sweet potato.

• Add the flour mixture gradually, beating until just combined.

• Turn the dough into 22cm x 13cm loaf pan. Bake 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean