Vegan Sweet Potato Cake

This vegan sweet potato cake is perfectly moist, soft, and warmly spiced with a velvety texture from the sweet potato. It's inspired by the classic Southern dessert and topped with a dairy-free cream cheese frosting and sweet potato caramel for added decadence.

By @rainbownourishments

Original recipe source

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 0 flour
• 0 baking powder
• 0 baking soda
• 0 cinnamon
• 0 nutmeg
• 0 salt
• 0 mashed sweet potato
• 0 sugar
• 0 oil
• 0 vanilla extract
• 0 dairy-free cream cheese
• 0 powdered sugar
• 0 vanilla extract
• 0 sweet potato puree
• 0 sugar
• 0 spices

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
3. In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients: mashed sweet potato, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract.
4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
5. Pour the batter into a greased cake pan.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Let the cake cool completely before frosting.
8. Prepare the dairy-free cream cheese frosting by mixing dairy-free cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
9. Frost the cooled cake with the cream cheese frosting.
10. Prepare the sweet potato caramel by combining sweet potato puree, sugar, and spices in a saucepan over medium heat until thickened, then drizzle over the frosted cake.