SWEET POTATO SPICE MUFFINS

SWEET POTATO SPICE MUFFINS ¾ cups sugar 2 eggs ½ cup cooking oil 1 cup sweet potato, mashed or pureed 1 ½ cups flour ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 ½ tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice ¼ tsp cloves 1 tsp ground ginger ½ tsp ground cardamom 1 cup golden raisins, optional In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, eggs cooking oil and sweet potato. Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and all of the spices and fold into sweet potato mixture. Finally fold in the raisins, if you are using them. Spoon batter into 12 greased or paper lined muffin tins. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.