Hot Sweet Yellow Yam Cakes
To make yellow yam cakes, peel, boil, and mash yellow yam until creamy with melted butter, nutmeg, and cream, then let it cool. Mix in condensed milk, eggs, salt, pepper, and chopped onions, adjusting the texture with flour if needed. Shape the mixture into slightly flattened balls, brush with melted butter, and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350°F for 30-40 minutes until golden brown. Serve hot with butter for a delicious treat.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds of Fresh yellow yam
- 3 whole Eggs beaten
- 10 oz of melted salted butter
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp white ground pepper
- 3/4 cup Condensed Milk
- 1/2 Heavy Cream
- 1/4 Tsp nutmeg
- 1 medium white onion chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheet with butter.
- Peel and boil yellow yam until cooked.
- Remove from water
- Heat drain and add 8oz melted butter, nutmeg and cream.
- Crush yam and ingredients until creamy.
- Allow to cool at room temperature.
- Add condense milk and eggs.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Form mixture into ball, press slightly between palm.
- If mixture is too wet add a little flour to make it manageable.
- Place cakes on a greased cookie baking sheet.
- Brush with melted butter.
- Bake for 30-40 mins. until golden brown.
- Makes 8-10 cakes
- Serve hot with butter!