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      Title: Sweet Potato Surprise Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts
      Yield: 1 Cake
 
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  1 1/2 c  Cooking oil
      4    Eggs; separated
      3 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Cinnamon
  1 1/2 c  Raw sweet potatoes; grated
      2 c  Sugar
  2 1/2 c  Cake flour; sifted
    1/4 ts Salt
      1 ts Nutmeg
      1 c  Walnuts or pecans; chopped
      1 ts Vanilla

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      1 lg Can evaporated milk
      3    Egg yolks
  1 1/3 c  Flaked coconut
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Butter
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  Cake:
  
  Combine cooking oil and sugar. Beat until smooth. Add egg yolks and
  beat well. Add dry ingredients which have been sifted together. Stir
  in potatoes, nuts and vanilla, beat well. Beat egg whites until
  stiff. Fold into mixture. Bake in 3 greased and floured 8" layer pans
  at 350°F for 25-30 minutes. Cool and frost.
  
  Frosting:
  
  Combine milk, sugar, butter, egg yolks, and vanilla in sauce pan. Heat
  until boiling. Add coconut and continue to cook 3 to 5 minutes or
  until mixture thickens. Remove from heat, and place saucepan in
  container of ice and beat with wooden spoon until spreading
  consistency.
 
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