Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Bundt Cake
with salted caramel glaze (dairy-free recipe)
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Grandma’s old fashioned sweet potato Bundt cake recipe with an easy to make salted caramel glaze on top.
Vintage Sweet Potato Cake Inspiration
As fall enters in and the holiday season draws near, our thoughts turn to warm and comforting flavors that remind us of cherished family traditions. And what better way to celebrate these moments than with a delicious old fashioned dessert straight from my grandmother’s recipe book! I’m talking about a classic, made-from-scratch sweet potato Bundt cake that’s moist and delicious covered in an easy-to-make salted caramel glaze, perfect for fall, Thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations with family and friends.
The salted caramel glaze compliments this moist sweet potato cake with warm fall spices and would make the best Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert idea.
When I was handed down my Grandma’s recipe scrap book years ago, I read all of her vintage recipes from front to back and when I saw this old fashioned made-from-scratch recipe for sweet potato cake, I KNEW I had to try it one day, so I earmarked it! I bake sweet potatoes year-round, they are a super food and I love finding ways to incorporate them in recipes. While this recipe is not the healthiest, it’s a great holiday splurge (that includes a vegetable) and I used dairy-free ingredients since I am lactose intolerant.
You can also make this recipe for mini Bundt cakes as pictured on the vintage Currier and Ives blue and white dish, which we grew up using. You will fill mini Bundt pans half full and bake for only 15-18 minutes, makes about 24 mini Bundts.
Her recipe just said “chopped nuts” as one of the ingredients, but I would imagine she used pecans because of the abundance of pecan trees on her land and my parents have lots of them every fall, so that is the nut I chose to use in this family recipe. You can substitute with real dairy ingredients (equal amounts) if desired. Get ready to add a new favorite to your fall and holiday dessert repertoire!
Let’s begin!
Sweet potato Bundt cake ingredients
Salted Caramel Glaze Ingredients
How to make sweet potato Bundt cake from scratch
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350℉ / 176℃ and prepare your Bundt pan by spraying lightly with a cooking spray or grease and lightly flour pan. I used a 9-inch silicone Bundt pan and sprayed with cooking spray right before adding batter. (Note: the original recipe used a large tube pan (10-inch) and said to line bottom with waxed paper. Today, parchment paper is widely available and would make the better choice if using a metal tube pan. obviously, it would not work well in a silicone Bundt cake mold well since there is more curves and design, so I chose to use an avocado based non-stick cooking spray.)