Name: Sweet Potato Carrot Cake Recipe
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp vanilla; 3 cups carrots; 1 ½ cups oil; 2 tsp salt; 4 eggs; 2 tsp soda; 1 ½ tsp cinnamon

Sweet Potato Carrot Cake Recipe

Carry Conover Modified: November 12, 2023

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And you thought carrot cake alone was delicious! Try mixing it with sweet potatoes and I promise you, you will never make carrot cake the same.

How To Make Sweet Potato Carrot Cake

A simple and versatile base cake recipe for carrots or sweet potatoes – or both! Whichever you'd prefer would still certainly be scrumptious with this wonderful recipe for moist and decadent dessert cake.

Prep: 1 hr

Cook: 40 mins

Total: 1 hr 40 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups carrots , or sweet potatoes (grated)
1 ½ cups oil
2 tsp salt
4 eggs
2 tsp soda
1 ½ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Sift flour, soda, salt and cinnamon.
Add sugar and oil.
Beat eggs and add to mixture.
Add carrots or sweet potatoes.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.

Recipe Notes

We highly recommend using cream cheese icing.

Nutrition

Sugar: 52g
:
Calcium: 38mg
Calories: 732kcal
Carbohydrates: 79g
Cholesterol: 82mg
Fat: 45g
Fiber: 2g
Iron: 2mg
Potassium: 217mg
Protein: 6g
Saturated Fat: 4g
Sodium: 647mg
Vitamin A: 8138IU
Vitamin C: 3mg

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