Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x11 baking dish.

Skin and chop sweet potatoes into small cubes. Steam the sweet potatoes until soft.

Mash the warm sweet potatoes with the butter, cream, vanilla, brown sugar, salt, 1/2 c maple syrup, 1 c chopped pecans and eggs.

Spread mashed sweet potato into prepared baking dish and sprinkle with the remaining 2 tbsp maple syrup and 1/4 c pecans.

Bake sweet potatoes in preheated oven until heated through, about 30-35 minutes.