Pumpkin Cake

Name: Pumpkin Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. cooked, mashed pumpkin or winter squash; ¼ tsp. baking soda; 3 c. sifted cake flour; 1 c. chopped walnuts; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 c. brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 c. sugar; ½ c. shortening; 4 tsp. baking powder; ½ c. milk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Country women consider this a “must” for autumn and Thanksgiving

Ingredients

½ c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 c.

Cake
Vegetarian
Thanksgiving
Autumn

Method

Cream shortening and slowly add sugars, eggs and pumpkin.
Sift together flour, baking powder and soda; add alternately with milk to creamed mixture. Fold in walnuts and maple flavoring.
Pour into 3 greased 8" round layer cake pans. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 30 minutes. Cool on racks. Put cake layers together with Harvest Moon Frosting. Frost sides, b