12 Days of Pumpkin: Day 10 Pumpkin Cake

This recipe for Pumpkin Cake is from my friend Sandy. One year, as a Christmas present to her, I took all of her recipes, typed them up and organized them in a binder. We’re talking tons of recipes and this was before Microsoft Word was a common household tool (um, anyone remember Lotus notes?). As a broke college student, I didn’t have much money so this was my way of thanking her for all the delicious food she had made for me over the years, plus, I got a copy of all those great recipes.

Pumpkin Cake

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil (I usually substitute applesauce)
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
• 1 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.  Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl mix together eggs, sugar and oil.
3. Add the flour, baking soda and spices.
4. Add the pumpkin and vanilla.  Mix well.
5. Bake in a bundt (or angel food) pan for 1 hour.

Drizzle or douse your pumpkin cake, it’s your choice, with cream cheese frosting.  I like to pour the excess frosting in the hole in the middle of the cake so frosting fanatics can get extra if they like.

Ingredients: