Sweet Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 4 eggs

  • 1½ cups oil

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 2 cups sweet potatoes, grated

Icing

  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter

  • 1 cup (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened

  • 2 cups powdered sugar

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • 1 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, eggs and oil. Add remaining ingredients one at a time, adding potatoes last.

  3. Coat 3 round 9-inch baking pans or 1 sheet cake pan with a nonstick spray. Spread batter into pans.

  4. Bake in round pans for 25 minutes or in a sheet cake pan for 35 minutes. Insert a toothpick in the center to determine doneness. Cool in pans before turning out for frosting.

  5. To make the icing, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

  6. Spread on cooled cake, spreading between layers and on sides and top for round layers or over the top and sides of a sheet cake.

Recipe from farmflavor