Sweet-Potato Bourbon Bundt Cake

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This recipe for sweet-potato bourbon bundt cake is from "Bundt Classics" by Dorothy Dalquist.

The Martha Stewart Show, November Fall 2006, The Martha Stewart Show, Episode 2032

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Recipe Summary

Servings:
16
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

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  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together brown sugar, butter, and eggs until very light and fluffy. Add sweet potato and vanilla; beat to combine. Add flour, milk, bourbon, baking powder, pie spice, and salt; mix until just incorporated. Lightly spray a 10 or 12 cup Bundt pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle bottom and up sides of the pan with pecans. Pour in cake batter.

  • Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Brush cake with bourbon syrup. Serve cake slices with any remaining syrup.

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Reviews (13)

415 Ratings
  • 5 60
  • 4 115
  • 3 153
  • 2 73
  • 1 14
Martha Stewart Member
11/17/2013
I have been wanting to make this cake for 2 weeks....it wasn't a cake, it was a giant gummy bear! I was so disappointed. Someone please tell me what went wrong.
Martha Stewart Member
01/06/2013
So yummy! I used the dark orange sweet potatoes and since I didn't have bourbon I substituted Grand Marnier instead. Really a delicious and moist cake.
Martha Stewart Member
10/20/2012
This cake was terrible, couldn't taste the sweet potato-cake tasted like spiced flour. This glaze hardened to a grainy consistency-followed directions on the website, not the video. I wonder if I did something incorrect?
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Martha Stewart Member
10/20/2012
This cake was terrible, couldn't taste the sweet potato-cake tasted like spiced flour. This glaze hardened to a grainy consistency-followed directions on the website, not the video. I wonder if I did something incorrect?
Martha Stewart Member
11/10/2010
You don't need to watch the video for the ingredients and directions to make the bourbon sauce. Just look at the bottom of the list of ingredients and you will find printed in "blue" Bourbon Syrup. Click on that and the bourbon syrup recipe will be there.
Martha Stewart Member
09/25/2010
Could I use pumpkin instead of sweet potato?
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Martha Stewart Member
10/26/2008
Took this cake to a autumn get-together last night and it was a big hit. Easy to make. My only change was to add more chopped nuts into the batter. Would be REALLY good with whipped cream.......
Martha Stewart Member
10/26/2008
Took this cake to a autumn get-together last night and it was a big hit. Easy to make. My only change was to add more chopped nuts into the batter. Would be REALLY good with whipped cream.......
Martha Stewart Member
02/06/2008
Copied from the video: Bourbon sauce 1 cuup sugar 1/2 Cup water 1 Tablespoon butter 2Tablespoons bourobne 1 teaspoon vanilla Combine all ingr. boil 5 min. brush over cake.
Martha Stewart Member
01/22/2008
Help please!! My computer is old (like me) and does not do video, so I can not get the recipe for the bourbon syrup. Would someone please supply the recipe? I tried search but did not get anything. Thanks
Martha Stewart Member
12/07/2007
This is an incredibly tasty cake. And it's not that difficult to make. I was a little worried about that bourbon syrup, but it turned out wonderfully. I don't usually watch videos like this one, but it really made the whole cake/syrup process doable.
Martha Stewart Member
11/07/2007
Watch the video; the recipe for the bourbon syrup is on there.
Martha Stewart Member
11/03/2007
IT SOUNDS WONDERFUL---BUT WHAT IS BOURBON SYRUP, IS IT STRAIGHT BOURBON?
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