Sweet Potato Cake with Pecan Streusel

Name: Sweet Potato Cake with Pecan Streusel
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: ½ cups FOR THE CAKE:; ¼ cups Butter, Softened; ½ cups Light Brown Sugar; 2 White Sugar; ¼ cups Eggs; 2 cups Maple Syrup; 2 cups Sweet Potato Puree; 2 teaspoons Flour; ½ teaspoons Cinnamon; ½ teaspoons Nutmeg; ½ teaspoons Cloves; ¼ teaspoons Allspice; 6 Tablespoons Salt; ¼ cups FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING:; ¼ cups Flour; ¼ cups White Sugar; ¼ cups Brown Sugar

Dense and moist with a hint of winter spices and a delicious crunchy pecan topping.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Cake with Pecan Streusel

Serves 10

Prep20 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

927Calories

24 gProtein

20 gFat

165 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Allspice	1 tsp ground (1.9g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cake	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together539 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sweet potato + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together414 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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