sweet potato dump cake

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Sweet Potato Dump Cake

This lightly sweetened sweet potato dump cake with a crumble topping is similar to a sweet potato casserole but with a firm, cake-like texture. If you can't find a spice cake mix, you can use a vanilla cake mix and add cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.

Ingredients

2 (15 ounce) cans sweet potato puree
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
1 (15¼-ounce) box spice cake mix
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
¼ cup chopped pecans
¼ cup graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Whisk sweet potato puree, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla and salt together in a medium bowl until smooth, about 30 seconds. Transfer to the prepared pan; use a spatula to spread evenly.
Sprinkle cake mix evenly over the sweet potato mixture. Drizzle butter over the cake mix, making sure minimal dry spots remain.
Sprinkle pecans, graham cracker crumbs and oats evenly over the top of the cake.
Bake until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.