If you should go so far as to make your own puree, start checking for doneness after about 45/50 minutes and go from there. The recipe below is written for canned sweet potato puree. In fact, I royally screwed up my second attempt (which used canned sweet potato) by baking it for the same amount of time as the first loaf, only to discover upon slicing it that it was practically raw in the middle. Interestingly enough, the significantly lower moisture content of the homemade puree varied the baking time by a full 15 minutes. Not wanting to waste the day, I nuked a few sweet potatoes we had lying around, then scooped out the soft flesh and pureed it in a food processor to make my own puree. Alas, sometimes I get it in my head that I have something, when in reality it might have been 8 months since I’d last seen it there… or even longer. The first time I tested this recipe, I made the mistake of assuming the presence of canned sweet potato in the pantry, without actually looking. It’s certainly not winning any beauty contests, but what this bread lacks in looks it makes up for in flavor and personality (and we all know that’s what truly seals the deal in the end). And the topping! If you’re someone who appreciates textural contrast when you eat, the crumb topping is going to be your new favorite thing: a light sugary crunch that practically melts in your mouth, perfectly punctuating an already stellar flavor experience. So crumb cake it is.īut don’t be deceived… just because it’s called cake doesn’t mean it’s not perfectly acceptable to eat for breakfast.īands of caramelized cinnamon sugar swirled through an impeccably tender cake, ever so slightly crisp on the outside and luxuriously moist in the center. But once I added the sweet, crunchy topping, I couldn’t quite bring myself to call it crumb bread. Think banana bread, but with sweet potato instead of banana (in fact, I used my own banana bread recipe as a jumping off point, if that gives you any indication of the overall texture). Technically, this is a sweet potato quick bread. Cake or bread? That is the ultimate question.
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