"White Chocolate Sweet Potato Spice Cake"

(Left) This is our white chocolate frosted moist sweet potato spice cake. The beginning of our process started with the cake. We had to make sure we added the correct amount of ingredients for the recipe. We had to cook the sweet potatoes so they would be soft enough to puree. Once they were warm we scooped out the inside and mixed it in with the cinnamon and freshly ground nutmeg. Once the cake was finally mixed together we poured it in a cake pan and watched it cook for approximately 35 minutes. The aroma that came from the oven as the cake was baking was intoxicating. It was hard to resist opening it and eating.
While it was baking, we made the white chocolate frosting. Here is where we experienced some of the problems. Once the chocolate was all melted with the cream we had to combine it with the sugar and eggs in the stand mixer. But, for some reason, it wouldn't get thicker. We whipped it up for 10 minutes and still no soft peaks were showing. We even threw it in the freezer for 10 minutes trying to help it set up. Still nothing. Luckily, another group had some extra cream cheese frosting left over. Before losing our patience with our frosting, we added the rest of theirs to help thicken ours up. It worked. We added it all in and whipped it up once again. By this time the frosting was thick enough to actually set up on the cake and not make it super soggy.
The frosting piping was done by Jacob, and we added some pecans for a fresh step in the garnishing.
The color of the cake was mostly a light golden brown with bits of orange from the sweet potato. So far, we have not actually experienced the flavor of the cake, only the creamy texture of the frosting. But, after pulling the cake out of the cake pan, I could definitely tell that the cake was very moist. This cake should be considered sweet and maybe slightly salty from the pecans on the top.
Our finished product was very delicately designed, and has great presentation. I can not say much on the flavor of our spice cake yet, but by cooking it I can tell it will be delicious all the way through.