Banana Sweet Potato Cake

Bananas and sweet potatoes are mixed together with raisins and pumpkin seeds to create a moist fall cake.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Calories: 368 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup butter
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
• ½ cup pumpkin seeds
• ½ cup golden raisins (Optional)
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 5x8-inch baking dish.

Step 3

Place sweet potato into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and mash sweet potato until smooth.

Step 4

Sift flour, white sugar, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Whisk eggs and vanilla extract together in another large bowl.

Step 5

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir pumpkin seeds and brown sugar in hot butter until brown sugar is melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir bananas and mashed sweet potato into pumpkin seed mixture. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

Step 6

Stir banana mixture into egg mixture until well-combined. Pour banana-egg mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter is just combined; stir in raisins. Pour into prepared baking dish.