Banana Sweet Potato Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup golden raisins (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 50 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 5x8-inch baking dish.
• place sweet potato into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. drain and mash sweet potato until smooth.
• sift flour, white sugar, and baking powder together in a large bowl. whisk eggs and vanilla extract together in another large bowl.
• melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir pumpkin seeds and brown sugar in hot butter until brown sugar is melted, 1 to 2 minutes. stir bananas and mashed sweet potato into pumpkin seed mixture. remove from heat and cool slightly.
• stir banana mixture into egg mixture until well-combined. pour banana-egg mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter is just combined; stir in raisins. pour into prepared baking dish.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.