This Traditional Sweet Potato recipe printed in the November 4 edition of Lifestyle omitted water from the list of ingredients. The full recipe is as follows:

1 cups flour

1 cups sugar

1 tsp soda

tsp baking powder

tsp salt

tsp each cinnamon, allspice, cloves

cup margarine

1 cup mashed, cooked sweet potato

cup water

1 egg

Sift all dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Add margarine, sweet potato and water. Beat two minutes with electric mixer.

Scrape sides of bowl. Add egg. Beat two minutes more. Place batter in a greased, eight-inch square bake pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Note: This recipe calls for more flour and less sweet potato, which eliminates the heavy, soggy texture found in the old time recipes. Optional additions: 1 cup chopped dates and cup chopped nuts. (What?s Cooking in Bermuda by Betsy Ross).