Pumpkin Spice Cake

Ingredients:

• Sugar, 2 cups
• Vegetable oil, 1 1/4 cup
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp
• Canned pumpkin, 2 cups
• Eggs, 4
• Flour, 2 cups
• Baking powder, 3 tsp
• Baking soda, 2 tsp
• Salt, 1/4 tsp
• Ground cinnamon, 2 tsp
• Ground nutmeg, 1/2 tsp
• Ground ginger, 1
• Ground allspice, 1/2 tsp
• Ground cloves, 1/2 tsp
• Chopped walnuts, 1 cup

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 175°C. Grease and flour a 33 x 22  pan.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cloves. Set aside.

In a large bowl combine the sugar and oil.

Blend in vanilla and pumpkin, then beat in eggs one at a time.

Gradually beat in flour mixture. (At this point we added the walnuts).

Spread batter into the prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Allow to cool completely before frosting. Top with walnuts (we ommited this).