This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. Morning, Noon and Night Thanksgiving Cake is an interesting take on a pumpkin loaf – using sweet potatoes and was the perfect autumnal bake when I found myself with extra sweet potatoes from our veg box.
This is like the little cake that grew and grew. It started as a spice loaf that got its moist texture from grated sweet potatoes. Then the sweet potatoes made me think about Thanksgiving, easy jump, and the much-loved side dish of mashed sweets topped with marshmallows. And whoosh—just like that I had a cake that embraced the spirit, flavors and even the marshmallows of Thanksgiving.
This is a lovely moist cake – from the grated sweet potato – with cloves and orange making the house smell amazing when it’s baking! I opted for almonds with the cranberries in the loaf as Neil doesn’t like walnuts (!) and it was a nice combination. I didn’t make the marshmallow frosting as I wanted this to be a “travel loaf” (i.e. easy to transport for lunches or on the go) so I made the simple glaze instead using maple syrup, clementine juice, water and sugar. It was perfect and held together for a good few days (i.e. kept its shine and didn’t go tacky).
I really enjoyed this loaf – it’s a nice change from pumpkin (which I only make if I have leftover puréed pumpkin, which is not often. I *often* have one or two leftover sweet potatoes and this is the perfect way to use them up. A wonderful loaf for morning, noon or nighttime, indeed!
Get the recipe for Morning, Noon and Night Thanksgiving Cake on p 64 of Dorie’s Anytime Cakes or here.
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Yes, this was lovely and moist. I don’t think anyone would guess sweet potato. Am not a fan of the marshmallow so I liked the glaze. As another iteration I think we should try with the Kinsip whisky maple syrup. 😉
That cake looks wonderful, reminds me of our golden syrup cakes in the UK.