Sweet Potato Pound Cake

3 cups all purpose flour.

2 teaspoons baking powder.

1 teaspoon baking soda.

1 teaspoon salt.

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.

1/4 teaspoon mace (optional).

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional).

1 cup unsalted butter (softened).

21/2 cups sweet potato (cooked mashed).

1 cup of chopped pecans.

DIRECTION: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and dust with flour a 10 tube pan.

Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, mace and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl. In a large bowl, beat at high speed with electric mixer, unsalted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

At low speed, add sweet potato and eggs one at a time until well mixed.

Beat flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture. Add vanilla and mix.

Pour batter into Bundt Pan. Add pecans evenly on top of mix. (You can always add more before you bake if you like them a lot) Bake for approximately 55 minutes to one hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Check cake at 55 minutes.