Description
This bread is a welcomed treat anytime. I especially love it with a good book and a cup of my favorite tea. Recipe can also be made in two 5×9-inch loaf pans.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup softened butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 ⅔ cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
- Mix flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- and salt in a bowl.
- Beat butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy
- about 2 minutes. Gradually beat sugar into creamed butter until fully incorporated
- about 3 more minutes. Add eggs
- 1 at a time
- beating each egg completely before add the next. Beat in sweet potato and vanilla extract until well mixed. Stir flour mixture
- coconut
- and walnuts into butter mixture until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean
- about 1 hour 10 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 16