Recipe Spicy Sweet Potato Loaf

 Spicy Sweet Potato Loaf (many thanks to Linda for sharing her recipe)

At a recent food garden visit people were very impressed by Linda's Sweet Potato Loaf. She kindly agreed to share her recipe, so here goes:

Ingredients:

• Sweet potatoes (or rich coloured pumpkin) – around 600-700 grams (also try substituting  rich pumpkins for the sweet potato, prepared the same way)
• 100 grams butter
• 1 packed cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs at room temperature
• 1 cup plain flour
• ½ tsp bicarb soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves

Method:

• Bake unpeeled sweet potatoes  whole in 180°C oven until soft or cut into large chunks if too big. About 30 minutes should do it.
• Remove and discard skin and scrape out soft  flesh.  Mash well. You will need 1 packed cup  (around 350+ gms)
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Add 1 generous cup (I usually make it 1 ¼ cups)  well mashed sweet potato or pumpkin and mix in.
• Sift in bicarb soda and flour and stir.   
• Mix in all spices.
• If mixture is too heavy add a very small amount of fresh orange juice.
• Spoon the mixture into a  greased lined loaf tin.
• Bake in a 180°C oven for around 40-50 mins or until a bamboo spike comes out dry.
• Cool.  
• When  cold,  slice thickly and either  butter and serve or else  wrap individual slices in glad wrap and freeze in a sealed container.

Enjoy!