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White Chocolate Mousse Sweet Potato Cake Recipe
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Trigger / All my dishes 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Incredibly moist cake with a creamy white chocolate mousse frosting make this decadent cake recipe from Martha Stewart
out of this world.
Prep:30m Cook:80m Servings:10
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- 2 pounds sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Unsalted butter for pans
- 2 cups cake flour, ( not self rising) plus more for pans
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons Nocello walnut liqueur or brandy
- 1/12/ cups unsalted macadamia nuts, toasted, coarsely chopped
- 1 pound white chocolate
- 1/2 pound dark chocolate (for leaves) optional
- 2 cups heavy cream
Directions
- 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Coat potatoes with 1/4 cup vegetable oil, and place on baking sheet. Bake until tender, 30 to 40 minutes. When cool enough to handle, remove skin, and mash flesh with a fork into coarse puree.
- 2. Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees. Butter two 8-by-1 1/2 -inch round cake pans, dust with flour, and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat eggs and sugar together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 1 cup vegetable oil; beat on medium speed until well combined. Add the cooled sweet potatoes; mix until combined.
- 3.Sift together cake flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg; mix into sweet potato mixture. Mix in vanilla and Nocello until combined. Remove batter from mixer; fold in 1 cup macadamia nuts by hand.
- 4. Evenly distribute cake batter into prepared pans, and transfer to the oven. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let pans cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto rack; cool completely, about 1 1/4 hours.
- 5. Meanwhile, chop white chocolate into small pieces; set aside. Bring 1 cup cream to a boil; pour over chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted. Chill for 30 to 40 minutes.
- 6. When chocolate mixture has cooled, pour remaining cup cream into an electric mixer; whip on medium until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes. Fold whipped cream into chocolate mixture until fully incorporated.
- 7. Cut each cake layer in half horizontally, creating four layers. Spread 2/3 cup chocolate frosting on one layer, then stack next layer on top, and frost. Repeat frosting-and-stacking process until each layer is frosted. Spread remaining frosting on sides and top of cake.
- 8. cut out 6 leaf shapes using parchment paper.
- 9. melt dark chocolate in microwave and brush on cut out parchment leaf shapes, then place them onto a soup bowl that has been turned over.
- 10 place leaves in freezer for 3 minutes repeat coating leaves with chocolate 3 more times and set aside.
- 11 carefully remove leaves from soup bowl and place on top of cake.
- Drizzle some melted dark chocolate with a teaspoon over cake top.
- Arrange remaining 1/2 cup macadamia nuts on top of cake, and serve. Serves 8 to 10. (I had to guess on prep time)
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organicmama 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Amazing and so are the pictures, thanks so much for sharing!
trigger 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I received this recipe from "Pinkpasta" I thought it was so good I had to try it.I made a few changes, adding chocolate leaves on top and changing the brandy in the original recipe to Nocello an Italian import. The aroma when baking this cake makes you want to gobble it up before the final assembly it go's through the whole house.
iffyo 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Awesome !n yes decadent..!
shirleyoma 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds so good!
mumtazcatering 6 months, 1 week ago said:
Thanks trigger for the help with the SLOPPY JOE
Will try recipe soon
love sweet potatoes and macadamia nuts!!!!!!!!!
have a blessed day
MUMTAZ
angelgirl94 5 months, 1 week ago said:
This cake looks mouthwatering. Bookmarked it. Thanks for sharing. :)
cadavis 5 months, 1 week ago said:
I love sweet potatoes and anything made with them!
This sound so great! Great post!!
jett2whit 5 months ago said:
Wow! sounds fabulous! I love sweet 'taters and this is one I'll defintely make!! thanks for posting. Jett
ivy 5 months ago said:
This looks so good.
mizblizz 4 months ago said:
This recipe is so unusual (to me). I've never heard or tasted cake made of sweet potatoes, sounds delish.
Thanks for sharing.
henrie 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds so yummie, love sweet potatoes. So good in a pie, bread and now cake. Thanks for the great post, I'll be making this one. You got my 5
cakelady 2 months, 1 week ago said:
It doesn't get any better than that! What a beautiful photo. Kristyn
ahmed1 1 month ago said:
How did I miss that one Michael? So unique and different combination and very nice presentation my friend.Thank you so much.
momo_55grandma 4 weeks, 1 day ago said:
This is a terrific recipe will try this thanks
fuzzy 4 weeks ago said:
Looks so good but I highly doubt I have the required baking skills. Saving it to try when I get better at baking.
minitindel 3 weeks, 4 days ago said:
Michael i love this and i saved it wonderful looks so moist!!!!!
pinkpasta 3 weeks ago said:
I'm sipping on a cup of coffee right now. I SO wish this cake was on the table along with my coffee! Wow!! You know I'll make this!!!
Debbie~
fuzzy 2 weeks, 2 days ago said:
So incredible..I will definitely give this one a try soon...thank you, trigger