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Asali Sweetpotato Loaf

Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 3553 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 7.5 cups sweetpotato puree
  • 10 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups canola oil
  • 1 ¼ cups yogurt
  • 5 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 ¼ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar packed
  • 10 tsp baking soda
  • 5 tbs ground cinnamon
  • 5 tsp ground ginger
  • 5 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 5 pinches black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 300° Fahrenheit.
  • In a large mixing bowl combine dry ingredients – flour, sugars, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, turmeric and pepper and set aside.
  • In separate large bowl whisk together mashed sweetpotato, eggs, yogurt, oil, yogurt, vanilla until well combined.
  • Pour wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and fold to incorporate fully with no visible clumps. Do not over-mix.
  • Pour batter out into greased loaf pans and lightly smooth tops.
  • Bake for approximately 70 minutes or until top is domed and springy to the touch and tester comes out clean.
  • Hint: Tint pans with foil if top is browning too fast before interior fully cooks. Allow bread to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn onto wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 3553kcalCarbohydrates: 571gProtein: 45gFat: 127gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 34gMonounsaturated Fat: 75gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 335mgSodium: 2846mgPotassium: 2633mgFiber: 25gSugar: 335gVitamin A: 81283IUVitamin C: 83mgCalcium: 455mgIron: 17mgNet Carbohydrates: 546g