Sweet Potato Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 c. butter or margarine, softened
2 c. sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 c. mashed, cooked sweet potatoes
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. each: ground allspice, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. raisins
2 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
Add egg yolks, one at a time.
Add sweet potatoes to mixture, mixing well. Combine flour and next 7 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Mix after each addition.
Stir in vanilla, raisins and pecans.
Beat egg whites (room temperature) until stiff peaks form.
Fold into batter.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
Cool in pan 10 minutes.
Remove; cool completely. Sprinkle with 10x sugar.