{sms} Sweet Potato Bread with Cinnamon-Rum-Orange Glaze

Sweet Melissa Sunday's recipe this week, chosen by Lorelei of Mermaid Sweets, is Sweet Potato Bread with Cinnamon-Orange-Rum Glaze. 

The recipe calls for the standard panty staples, plus canned yams. Alternatively, you can buy sweet potatoes, bake them yourself, and mash up two cups.

I like the inclusion of chopped pecans for texture, and since The Kids aren't interested in having any, I'm adding them in.  Also accidentally added was that stringy piece of a yam end.  I fortunately spied it in one of the loaves and hope there aren't any others submerged in there.

The recipe calls for a bundt pan.  I took the traditional route for quick bread and put it into three mini loaf tins and one 8x3 pan.

To glaze or not to glaze, that was the question.  I contemplated using a streusel topping instead, but since I am ultimately a sucker for anything rum- think Baba au Rhum, Pina Colada- I had to try the simple glaze. The ingredients were granulated sugar, rum, orange juice and cinnamon sticks.

I'm glad I did, as the orange juice adds brightness and dimension to the bread.  What would I change?  I used less sugar (1 2/3 cups as opposed to 2 cups- which works out well cause the glaze is sweet), and next time around, I would use butter (not canola oil) and more pecans.

Initially, I wasn't sure how I would like the bread, and after tasting the batter, I didn't love it. The final product, however, was fluffy and tasty. I ended up devouring a half loaf myself.