1 1/4 c. cooking oil
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
4 eggs
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
3 c. grated raw yams
1 c. pecans, chopped

Combine oil and sugar; mix well. Sift together remaining dry ingredients into sugar mixture. Add eggs one at a time. Add yams and mix well. Stir in pecans.

Pour into lightly oiled 10-inch tube pan. Bake slow at 325 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool in pan upright; turn out and glaze with either orange or lemon glaze.