Recipe of the Week

I made this cake the day before yesterday and it turned out really good. Ideal for Christmas.

Sugar and Spice Cake

1 18.25 oz package of white cake mix
1 16 oz carton of sour cream
1/4 cup of butter melted
2 tsp apple pie spice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp of almond extract (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together the first 6 ingredients and the almond extract if you are using it at low speed with electric mixer just until moistened. Increase the speed to medium and beat for two minutes until batter is smooth. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed. Pour batter into 3 8" pans that are greased and floured. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes.

Vanilla Buttercream
1 8 oz pkg. cream cheese softened
1 cup of butter softened
2 16 ounce packages of powdered sugar
1 tbsp of milk
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1/4 tsp of salt

Beat the cream cheese and butter at med speed with mixer until creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar and next 3 ingredients beating at low speed til blended. Increase speed to medium and beat until blended and smooth. This makes about 9 cups of frosting.

You could easily substitute the apple pie spice with pumpkin spice around Thanksgiving.
Enjoy!