Caramel Frosted Potato Cake Recipes

CARAMEL-FROSTED POTATO CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks, potatoes and chocolate. Combine the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts., In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. , Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For frosting, in a small saucepan, melt butter. Add brown sugar; cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool for 3 minutes. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a thick pouring consistency. Pour over cake.

CARAMEL FROSTING I

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter, and mix in 3 tablespoons milk and brown sugar. Boil vigorously for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and beat in 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Cool slightly, and beat in the vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Add more milk if the mixture is too thick.

MASHED POTATO SPICE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch layer pans.
• Sift flour with cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter with sugar, potato, and egg yolks until light and fluffy.
• At low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture.
• At hight speed, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• With whisk or rubber scraper, fold egg whites into flour mixture.
• Stir in nuts, raisins and cherries.
• Turn into pans.
• Bake 40 minutes.
• Let stand 1 minute before turning out to cool.
• For Caramel Frosting:.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan.
• Remove from heat.
• Add brown sugar, stirring until smooth.
• Over low heat, bring to boiling, stirring.
• Boil, stirring one minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Add milk.
• Over low heat, return just to boiling.
• Remove from heat and cool to 100°F on candy thermometer.
• (Bottom of pan will feel lukewarm.).
• To cool quickly, set pan in ice cubes.
• Gradually add confectioners sugar.
• Beat at low speed until blended inches.
• Beat at high speed until frosting holds its shape - about 30 to 60 seconds.
• Add vanilla.
• Spread half on bottom layer of cake, letting it drip down sides.
• Place second layer on cake.
• Spread remaining frosting, allowing it to drip down sides.
• Swirl top of cake with back of spoon.
• Arrange pecans on top of cake.

SWEET POTATO CAKE WITH COCONUT FILLING AND CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coat 3 (9-inch) cake pans with cooking spray; dust lightly with flour. Set aside.
• Beat butter and sugar at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Beat in sweet potatoes and next 6 ingredients, adding each ingredient 1 at a time. Add pecans and 3 cups flour, beating just until blended.
• Beat egg whites in a separate bowl at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove and cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Coconut Filling evenly between cake layers. Gradually pour about 1/2 cup Caramel Frosting on top of cake, spreading over top and sides with a small spatula. Place cake in refrigerator. Chill remaining Caramel Frosting 45 minutes. Pour another 1/2 cup Caramel Frosting on cake, spreading over top and sides. Repeat procedure with remaining frosting, using 1/2 cup frosting at a time and chilling every 15 minutes. Store cake in refrigerator.
• Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy 2-quart saucepan; gradually stir in milk, and cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat 3 minutes or until thickened.
• Stir about one-fourth of hot milk mixture gradually into egg; add egg mixture to remaining hot milk mixture, stirring constantly. Return to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in coconut and vanilla. Place heavy-duty plastic wrap directly on warm filling. Cool completely; chill 1 hour.
• Whisk together cream cheese and cream in a small bowl until smooth.
• Cook sugar and 2/3 cup water in a heavy 3 1/2-quart saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high, and bring mixture to a boil without stirring. Using a pastry brush dipped in hot water, wash down any sugar crystals on sides of pan. Cook, without stirring, 10 minutes or just until syrup turns a deep amber color.
• Whisk in butter gradually; gradually whisk in cream cheese mixture until smooth. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes, whisking occasionally.