Sweet Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

What a wonderful Fall cake this is! It is reminiscent of carrot cake, but oh-so-moist and the flavor is much better! I doubled the frosting recipe and decorated it a bit (as you can tell, I'm no cake decorator)...but I had fun with it.

Sweet Potato Cake

1 box yellow cake mix

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

3 lg eggs

2 T olive oil

1 1/3 cup water

1 1/2 cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes

1 c drained crushed pineapple

1 tsp vanilla

1 T Vanilla Rum extract - optional

1 T Mulled Spice extract - optional

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 - 9" round cake pans. Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix until well combined. Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 25 minutes, or until done. Cool & frost with the cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8oz package cream cheese

1/4 cup butter

1 lb powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the cheese and butter. Add the powdered sugar a bit at a time until it is all worked in. Add the vanilla and blend it in.