Simple Way to Make Perfect Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, sweet potato ‘yōkan’ cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet potato ‘yōkan’ cake using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake:

1. Prepare 2 Sweet Potatoes *about 500g after peeled
2. Prepare 1/4 cup Caster Sugar *You can add extra 1 to 2 tablespoons
3. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
4. Get 30 g Butter
5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract *OR 1 teaspoon Rum
6. Take 2 tablespoons Plain Flour OR Flour of your choice
7. Make ready 1 Egg *whisked

Steps to make Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake:

1. Peel skin of Sweet Potato, cut into chunky pieces, and steam for 20 minutes or until absolutely soft.
2. Place softly cooked Sweet Potato in the heat-proof mixing bowl. Add Sugar, Salt, cold Butter and Vanilla, and blend, using a hand blender, until smooth. Allow to cool slightly. *Note: You may wish to use a food processor.
3. Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a loaf tin or small square cake tin, and line the base and sides with baking paper. *Note: Today I used a standard loaf tin.
4. Add Flour and Egg to the cooled mixture (still warm is OK), and mix well. Spoon the mixture into the tin, smooth the surface, and bake for 30 minutes.
5. Allow to cool in the tin. When cooled enough, chill in the fridge.

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