Pineapple-raisin Sweet Potato Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely shredded peeled sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 drain the juice from the pineapple into a 1 qt.
• 2 saucepan; set pineapple aside.
• 3 add raisins to the juice and heat to boiling; remove pan from heat and let stand until raisins are plump and cooled- about 15 minutes.
• 4 heat oven to 325 degrees.
• 5 grease and flour a 10" bundt pan or another tube pan.
• 6 in a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• 7 stir in sweet potatoes until well mixed.
• 8 in a small bowl, combine oil, eggs, vanilla, raisins, and drained pineapple.
• 9 stir into flour mixture until dry ingredients are just moistened.
• 10 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 11 bake 50 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
• 12 cool cake in pan for 15 minutes; turn out onto serving plate.
• 13 dust with powdered sugar.