4.18.2010

{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.

10 comments:

  1. Im glad you ended up enjoyed the bread! I made mini loafs too. I was very pleased and my kids loved it!
    Your bread looks good and the glaze makes it so shiny and pretty!

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  2. We loved this bread, too. Beautiful pictures.

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  3. Your bread turned out great. Glad it was a big hit. I will be making this in a little bit and I'm still contemplating whether or not to glaze it. I'll probably skip it because I have lots of stuff to do today.

    Btw, welcome to SMS. It's a great group and I think you'll enjoy baking along with us :o)

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  4. Glad that your bread turned out great! Love your pictures!

    Welcome! You'll enjoy it... hopefully!

    As for the spices for the mango bread, I tried little bits and pieces of it [that were stuck to the pan] so I'm not exactly sure how the whole thing tasted, but I did not change the amount of spices added except a little less cloves. Like half of the amount suggested in the recipe. [if i remember correctly]. I may have added more cinnamon, but that's just because I LOVE LOVE LOVE cinnamon.

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  5. Welcome to SMS! I'm pretty new myself and have really enjoyed it!

    Your bread looks great! The hubby and I also ended up eating quite a bit of the finished product before he took it in to work :-)

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  7. Sorry, my first comment had tons of typos so I deleted and reposted. I shouldn't comment while I'm so tired!

    Fun pics - your bread looks terrific! I found a stringy piece of yam in my batter too - glad I wasn't the only one :) Glad you enjoyed the bread! I enjoyed it too - it reminded me of pumpkin bread.

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  8. Glad you enjoyed the bread, it looks delicious!

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  9. Great pictures of your bread baking . . .LOVE them! Welcome to our fun little baking group. Also, thank you for the well wishes on my biking event; the event kicked my butt because of so many uphill sections but I am glad I went =o).

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