The Honorable Zell Miller

former United States Senator, Georgia

Specialty Recipe

Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Ingredients - Cake:

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

1-1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes

4 eggs

3 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup flaked coconut

Ingredients - Icing:

One 1-pound box confectioner's sugar

Grated rind of one orange

Grated rind of one lemon

Juice of one lemon

Juice of one orange

Cake: Cream butter and sugar; add sweet potatoes and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. Combine dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture; add vanilla, nuts and coconut. Pour mixture into greased 10-inch tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tests done. Spread with icing while warm.

Icing: Combine all ingredients, slowly adding enough orange juice to make spreading consistency.

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