Sweet Potato Coffee Cake with Georgia Pecan Praline Topping
Georgia Pecan Commission
- Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2cup plus 3 tablespoons light brown sugar, divided
- 2tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/2cup chopped Georgia pecans
- 2 1/2cups biscuit baking mix
- 1 (15-ounce) can sweet potatoes, drained and mashed or 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
- 1/3cup skim milk
- 1teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven 400 F. Coat 9-inch square baking pan or 8-inch round cake pan with nonstick baking spray.
- In bottom of prepared pan, mix together butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar and corn syrup. Spread mixture evenly in pan. Sprinkle with pecans.
- In large mixing bowl, beat together biscuit baking mix, sweet potato, and milk until dough forms a ball. Turn dough into surface heavily dusted with baking mix and roll or pat into 12-inch long rectangle.
- In small bowl, combine remaining 3 tablespoons brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture and cranberries evenly over dough. Roll up dough jelly roll style from longer side. Cut crosswise into one-inch pieces and arrange sitting on top of the pecan mixture in pan. Dough will spread when baking.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and immediately run knife around sides and invert onto serving plate, scraping any brown sugar mixture from pan to top cake.
Recipe courtesy of the Georgia Pecan Commission