Sweet Potato Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup nonfat yogurt (or applesauce, originally melted butter)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla (original called for 1 tsp)
• 1 cup nonfat sour cream
• 3/4 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes (i increase this to 1 c and increase the flour by about 2 t. also have stirred in 1/2 c small chunks )
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (i add 1/4 c oats and decrease flour to 1/4 c)
• 1 tablespoon butter (original calls for 3 t)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325°.
• 2 grease a 9 to 10-inch springform pan .
• 3 in mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla; add sour cream and mashed sweet potatoes.
• 4 in large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. stir first mixture into the flour mixture, stirring just until blended (if using additional sweet potato chunks add now).
• 5 spread batter in prepared pan. combine topping ingredients until crumbly and sprinkle over the batter.
• 6 bake coffee cake for about 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean (i baked at 350 for 45 minutes and it was perfect). let cool, loosen edges, and remove sides of pan.