Grandma Helen'S Pumpkin Cake
- 4 large eggs
- 1/8 cup sugar
- 2 cups fresh pumpkin puree or 2 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin
- 1 cup vegetable oil or 1 cup canola oil
- 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (or 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon each ground allspice and ground ginger)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
- For Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 3 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 325 degrees if using a Pyrex Glass pan
- Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan or two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans.
- In medium bowl with electric mixer, beat eggs until frothy.
- Add sugar, pumpkin, oil, spice and vanilla.
- Beat on low speed until combined, then increase to medium speed.
- Beat 1 minute.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; beat on low speed for 2 minutes.
- Add nuts and stir to combine.
- Pour into baking pan.
- Bake on center rack for about 40 minutes (30 to 35 minutes for layers) until cake is golden brown and top springs back when lightly pressed.
- Let cool in pan on rack for at least 1 hour before frosting.
- (For a layer cake, let cool 15 minutes, remove cake from pans and let cool completely before frosting.) For frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer until fluffy.
- Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla and beat on low speed until fluffy.
- Add more powdered sugar if necessary to make a stiffer frosting.
- Store cake in the refrigerator.
eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, walnuts, butter, cream cheese, confectioners, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grandma-helens-pumpkin-cake-45277 (may not work)