Sweet Potato Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Vanilla Bean Frosting

• 2 sweet potatoes medium, peeled and quartered
• 3 large carrots peeled
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 2 sticks butter room temperature
• 16 ounces cream cheese room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 whole vanilla bean cut open and scraped
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional

1. Heat oven ta 325u0b0F and line bottom of two 9" cake pans with parchment and spray with non-stick spray.
2. KitchenAid(R) 7 Cup Food Processor with shredding blade, secure lid, turn on high and put sweet potatoes and carrots into feed tube one at a time and use food pusher to shred. When complete press high and unit will turn off, set aside.
3. ln the bowl of a KitchenAid(R) Stand Mixer with flat beater secured, add eggs, oil, vanilla and buttermilk and turn to speed 3, mix until incorporated, then add sweet potatoes and carrots and mix together. ln another bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cinnamon, clove, ginger, baking soda, baking powder, salt and allspice. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet and mix by hand with spatula until all ingredients are incorporated. Transfer batter to pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until center is firm.
4. Remove from oven and cool on rack. To prepare frosting, add to KitchenAid(R) Stand Mixerw ith the wire whip attached butter, cream cheese, sour cream and vanilla place mixer on 6 whip until smooth, slowly add powdered sugar until frosting is smooth. Fill layer with frosting and frost sides and top. Top with chopped walnuts if desired.

sweet potatoes, carrots, eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla, flour, sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, baking powder, salt, allspice, butter, cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla bean, powdered sugar, walnuts

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Sweet-Potato-Carrot-Cake-with-Cream-Cheese-Vanilla-Bean-Frosting-9080727 (may not work)