Unlike a lot people my husband and I prefer pumpkin cake to pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. Don't get me wrong, we love pumpkin pie, but usually by the time we've made the rounds to various family dinners, we pied out and ready for our own Thanksgiving which ends with my mom's pumpkin cake.
When my husband and I got married nearly 40 years, (yes, I was a child bride) Mom was working as a police, fire, and emergency dispatcher for our small home town. She worked the 3-11 shift and usually went the whole night without more than one or two calls so she typed up her recipes for me. I have a whole box full of perfectly typed recipes from her and I use them often. But this pumpkin cake is one of my favorites.
Ingredients for cake
1 (15 ounce) can canned pumpkin puree
2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
In a bowl, beat pumpkin, 2 cups white sugar, and oil. Add eggs,
and mix well.
In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,
and salt.
Add these dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, and beat until well
blended.
Pour batter into a greased 15 x 10 inch baking pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes, or
until cake tests done. Cool.
Ingredients for frosting
3 ounce cream cheese
1/4 cup Crisco (I use butter flavor)
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pound confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon milk
In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter, Crisco, and
vanilla until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, and mix well. Add
milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency.
Frost cake.
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Can't wait for the new book with Skye the cake sounds delicious
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DeleteI have been hunting for a Pumpkin cake recipe! This one sounds great. Thanks so much for posting. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome. It's been the go to for our family for 40+ yrs.
DeleteI love the family tradition variations at holidays.
ReplyDeleteWhy Crisco? Why not all butter (and the cream cheese)?
I have no idea. I just follow the recipe my mom gave me. It's been good for 40+ years.
DeleteI thought that might be the case since Crisco doesn't seem like it would usually be on your healthy shopping list.
DeleteThe cake sounds good but I was wondering if you could substitute applesauce for some or all of the oil. I think I will try it as is anyway.
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Good idea?
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