A delicious, orange-scented sweet potato
and nut quick bread from the heirlooom recipe file of the NC
Sweetpotato Commission, Inc.
Marma-Sweet Bread
- 1 1/4 cups sweet potatoes,cooked and mashed
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 large eggs, well beaten
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1/4 cup orange marmalade
- 3 unpeeled orange slices
- Cream shortening, add sugar and beat until
light and fluffy. Add eggs, sweet potatoes, milk and lemon juice,
beat well.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together;
add sifted ingredients and nuts to sweet potato mixture and mix
only until ingredients are combined.
- Spread orange marmalade evenly over the
bottom of greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch pan. Arrange orange slices in
marmalade. Turn SweetPotato batter into pan.
- Bake in oven at 350°F (175°C)
for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Invert on cake rack and cool before
slicing.
Makes 1 loaf.
Recipe courtesy of North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission.
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