Pumpkin Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup salad oil
• 1 (1 lb) can pumpkin
• pecan halves or walnut halves
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon rum or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl of electric mixer, let eggs warm to room temoerature-about 30 minutes.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 sift flour with baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon,ginger and nutmeg at high sped, beat eggs with sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in oil and pumpkin to blend well.
• 5 at low speed beat in flour mixture just until combined.
• 6 pour into an ungreased 9-inch tube pan.
• 7 bake about 1 hour or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertip.
• 8 cool cake completely in pan.
• 9 with spatula, carefully loosen cake from pan; remove.
• 10 place on cake plate; frost with cream cheese frosting.
• 11 decorate with nuts.
• 12 makes 12 servings.
• 13 ----creamcheese frosting------.
• 14 in medium bowl with electric mixer at medium speed, beat cheese with rum until creamy.
• 15 gradually beat in sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• 16 spread over pumpkin cake, make swirls with knife.