Banana Cream Cheese Walnut Cake with Bacon and Key Lime whipped cream and Candied Sweet Potato

For the Cake:

• 4 ea. Ripened Black Bananas
• 1 cup Cream Cheese
• 2 ea. Large Eggs
• 4 cups Flour
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Milk
• 1 Tbsp. Baking Powder

For the Whipped Cream:

• 1 pt. Heavy Cream
• 1 tsp. Cream of Tartar
• 2 Tbsp. Bacon Fat, softened
• 1 Tbsp. Key Lime
• ¼ cup Powdered sugar

For the Candied Sweet Potato:

• 1 cup Sweet Potato, julienned
• 1 ½ cup Sugar
• 1 cup Water

For the Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer with paddle attachment, add banana, sugar, eggs, cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add walnuts, baking powder, and flour and mix until blended.
2. Pour batter into a 2-inch cake pan. Bake until a toothpick can be stuck in the middle and comes out clean (about 15 min).

For the Whipped Cream:

1. In a mixer with a whip attachment, add all ingredients and whip until thick and smooth. Do not over whip or it will turn into butter.

For the Candied Sweet Potato:

1. In a pot, combine 1 cup of sugar with water and bring to boil. Bring down to a simmer and add sweet potato. Cook until the sweet potato is tender. Not long, about 5 min.
2. Strain sweet potato. Toss the sweet potato in the remaining sugar and let sit in a still oven or under a heat lamp until crunchy. Assemble as desired.