Sweet Potato and Coconut Bread

Sweet potato, coconut, and walnuts are baked into a delightful bread perfect with a cup of tea.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 415 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 2.6666667461395 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan.

Step 2

Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a bowl.

Step 3

Beat butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually beat sugar into creamed butter until fully incorporated, about 3 more minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating each egg completely before add the next. Beat in sweet potato and vanilla extract until well mixed. Stir flour mixture, coconut, and walnuts into butter mixture until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes.