Honey Sweet Potato Or Pumpkin Bread

This delicious quick bread is just perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. Spicy, moist, not too sweet, great texture. Made up with some of the ingredients required for the challenging rsc 2004 contest!!

Steps

Preheat oven to 375f.

Butter and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

In a large bowl , whisk together oil , honey eggs and sweet potato puree until creamy.

In a small bowl , combine both flours , sugar , baking soda , salt and spices.

In a measuring cup , combine buttermilk , balsamic vinegar and vanilla extract.

Fold dry ingredients into sweet potato mixture , alternating with buttermilk.

Mix until just combined.

If using pecans and / or raisins , toss them with 1 tblsp flour and fold them into the batter quickly.

Scrape batter into prepared loaf pans and bake for about 60 minutes , or until breads test done when toothpick is inserted into centre and comes out clean.

If bread appears to be browning too quickly , tent loosely with some foil and continue baking.

Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing.

Ingredients

honey, vegetable oil, extra large eggs, sweet potatoes, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, buttermilk, balsamic vinegar, vanilla extract, walnuts, golden raisin