Yam Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. mashed yams
2 c. brown sugar, packed
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. chopped nuts
3/4 c. butter
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 Tbsp. lemon juice

Preparation

Boil yams, mash and let cool.
In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg.
Stir in lemon juice and vanilla.
Sift flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg.
Beat into first mixture; add nuts and turn into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean.
This recipe was given to me by Mrs. Aleece Lane in 1989.