10 Days of Thanksgiving Recipes -- Day 9

Purple Ribbon Pumpkin Cake - This cake is so easy to make and it tastes just incredible....so moist and sweet! We aren't that crazy about the frosting, but we can live with it.

 

Purple Ribbon Pumpkin Cake

	For the cake:
1	Can solid pack pumpkin (15 oz)	2 Cups	Sugar
4	eggs	1 Cup	Vegetable oil
2 Cups	Flour	2 tsp	Baking soda
2 tsp	Ground cinnamon	1 tsp	ground cloves
1/2 tsp	Salt	1/2 tsp	ground ginger
1/4 tsp	ground nutmeg
	For the frosting:
6 oz	Cream cheese	2 Cups	Confectioners' sugar
	Pecan halves

Directions: In a large bowl, beat the pumpkin, sugar, eggs and oil until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, salt, ginger and nutmeg; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture until blended. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost top and sides of cake. Garnish with pecan halves if desired. Yield: 12 servings.

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