Sweet Potato Pound Cake Loaves

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 4 large eggs 
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 2 cups sugar 
• 2.5 cups sweet potatoes cooked mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• stand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
4. Add sweet potatoes, and beat well.
5. Stir together flour, next 3 ingredients, and, if desired, cinnamon in a medium bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 1/2- x 4 1/2-inch loafpans.
6. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
7. Remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 1 hour).