Recipe for the sweet potato cake of Reunion Island

You’ve most probably tasted sweet potato chips or purée, but would you have thought to make a cake with it? On Reunion Island, the sweet potato cake with Bourbon vanilla is a very popular recipe. Get your apron on, we’re going to give you our secret recipe!

Recipe for sweet potato cake with Bourbon vanilla

Steps

Peel the sweet potatoes and steam them until they’re soft
Mash the sweet potatoes into a purée
Cut the butter into pieces and add to the purée
Mix well and add the sugar and eggs
Cut the vanilla pods in half to extract the seeds, then add them to the mixture
Add the finely chopped pods to the mixture
Add the flour and alcohol
Brush the cake with egg yolk and use a fork to create the traditional grid pattern
Bake at 170/180 degrees for 20 minutes, then at 150 degrees for 40 minutes
Leave to cool before removing it from the mould, then enjoy!

* The abuse of alcohol is dangerous for your health, to be consumed in moderation

Ingredients

(for 10 people)

1.5 kg of white sweet potatoes
100 g of flour
4 eggs
250 g of butter
200 g of sugar
2 Bourbon Vanilla pods
4 teaspoons of anisette or 2 of rum* (depending on your preferences!)

Tip for foodies

You could serve the cake with chocolate sauce, whipped cream or guava coulis.