Ingredients
Sweet-potato cake

2 or 3 sweet potatoes

1 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

3/4 tsp. ground ginger

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. kosher salt

1 cup plus 2 tbs. sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 tsp. finely minced ginger

1 tsp. grated orange zest

2 eggs

1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped

Caramelized apples

1 1/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter, cubed

6 to 8 Fuji apples, peeled, cored, and quartered