Pumpkin Pound Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 (15 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, blend sugar and oil.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves; add to egg mixture alternately with pumpkin.
• 4 transfer to a greased 12-cup fluted tube pan.
• 5 bake at 350 for 60-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 6 cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.
• 7 remove pan and cool completely.
• 8 dust with confectioners' sugar.
• 9 yield: 12-16 servings.