Sweet potato granola cake さつま芋とグラノーラのケーキ

Method14 steps

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   Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). Line an 18 cm square cake tin with baking paper, or use individual oven-safe muffin cups.

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   Step 2: Sift the flour (1 cup), cinnamon (¼ tsp) and baking powder (1 tsp) together and set aside. Keep both sugar portions, granola and black sesame seeds separate for their later stages.

   Uses 1 cup all purpose flour (* or 130 g) · ¼ tsp cinnamon · 1 tsp baking powder

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   Step 3: Wash the sweet potato and chop it into 1cm cubes.

   Uses 1 cup purple sweet potato (*or 120 g or 1/4 sweet potato)

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   Step 4: Soak the cubes in water in a bowl for about 10 minutes. Pat them dry with a paper towel and place them in a microwavable container.

   Soak sweet-potato cubes · 10 minUses One-centimetre sweet-potato cubes · Water as needed to soak diced sweet potato

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   Step 5: Sprinkle 1 tbsp of sugar over the sweet potato and microwave for 2 minutes.

   Microwave sweet-potato cubes · 2 minUses Drained dried sweet-potato cubes · 1 tbsp sugar

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   Step 6: Add the butter (10 g) into the sweet potato container to coat the sweet potato with butter, then set aside.

   Uses Warm microwaved sweet-potato cubes · 10 g unsalted butter

   
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   Step 7: Whisk the egg (1) and sixty grams cake-batter sugar (4 tbsp) together in a large bowl using a handheld mixer or whisk.

   Uses 1 egg · 4 tbsp sugar (* or 60 g)

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   Step 8: Add the oil and beat all together.

   Uses Whisked egg and cake sugar · 40 g sesame seeds oil (*1 )

   
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   Step 9: Mix in half the milk, fifty millilitres, then gently fold in half the sifted dry mixture.

   Uses Egg-sugar-oil mixture · First fifty millilitres milk · First half sifted flour-cinnamon-baking powder

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    Step 10: Mix in the remaining fifty millilitres milk and gently fold in the remaining half of the sifted dry mixture. Do not overmix.

    Uses Partially mixed cake batter · Remaining fifty millilitres milk · Remaining half sifted dry mixture

    
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    Step 11: Add 2/3 of the sweet potato and 2/3 of the granola and fold them into the wet mixture but do not mix too much.

    Uses Completed cake batter · Two-thirds prepared buttered sweet potato · Two-thirds of the forty grams granola

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    Step 12: Transfer the batter to the prepared square tin, or divide it among the oven-safe muffin cups. Top with the reserved one-third potato and granola and sprinkle black sesame seeds over the top.

    Uses Cake batter with folded potato and granola · Remaining one-third prepared buttered potato · Remaining one-third of forty grams granola · A sprinkle of black sesame seeds

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    Step 13: Bake in the preheated oven for about twenty minutes, checking for your oven and chosen tin or cups. A skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean; continue baking as needed.

    Bake cake · 20 minUses Filled topped cake tin or muffin cups

    
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    Step 14: Serve fresh from the oven or allow to cool.

    Uses Baked sweet-potato granola cake