#1902 - Scratch Sweet Potato Cupcakes

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1lb. fully cooked sweet potatoes (mashed)
1 tsp. vanilla
Frosting: 1 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened); 2/3 cup softened butter; 2 TBSP milk; 6-8 cups Domino's powdered sugar

In a bowl add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt--stir and set aside. In a mixer add 1 cup softened butter and white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add mashed sweet potatoes and vanilla--beat. Slowly add flour mixture--beat into a thick batter. Place cupcake liners into muffin tins--fill each 2/3 with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 17-20 minutes. Cool completely. Frosting: in a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add 2/3 cup softened butter--beat. Add milk--beat. Add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar at a time--beat. Only add enough powdered sugar until frosting is spreadable. Frost the cupcakes.