Ingredients
1 cup chopped sweet potato
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 over-ripe banana
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions
- Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add sweet potatoes and cook until tender, 20-30 minutes; drain.
- Place sweet potatoes in a bowl and mash with a potato masher until smooth.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- Stir sugar and oil together in a bowl until well mixed; beat in the banana.
- Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl.
- Alternate stirring the flour mixture and 1/3 cup water into the sugar mixture until combined.
- Mix in sweet potatoes and pecans; stir until batter is smooth.
- Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until to is golden brown, about 1 hour.
SOURCE: allrecipes.com
