Recipe of Award-winning Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, sweet potato ‘yōkan’ cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Make ready Sweet Potatoes *about 500g after peeled
2. Get Caster Sugar *You can add extra 1 to 2 tablespoons
3. Take Salt
4. Take Butter
5. Make ready Vanilla Extract *OR 1 teaspoon Rum
6. Make ready Plain Flour OR Flour of your choice
7. Prepare 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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