Pumpkin Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups pumpkin pulp
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon powdered cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• Frosting (optional)

Preparing

Cream the sugar and shortening in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs, blending until smooth. Slowly add the pumpkin and vanilla. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, soda, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Gradually add the flour mixture to the pumpkin, stirring until well-blended. Pour the batter into a greased 10" tube pan. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 50 minutes on the low rack of the oven until cake pulls away from the side of the pan. Cool in pan. Frost or sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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