Sweet Potato Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
2/3 c. shortening
3 eggs, well beaten
1 c. milk
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. each: cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves
2 c. mashed sweet potatoes
1 c. pecans, chopped
1 c. walnuts, chopped
1 c. raisins
1 medium pkg. dates, chopped

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Add eggs and beat well.
Sift flour with baking powder and spices and add alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
Fold in mashed sweet potatoes, nuts, raisins and dates.
Bake in greased and floured tube pan at 350\u00b0 for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tests done.