Pumpkin Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine, softened
3 c. sugar
5 large eggs
3 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. apple pie spice
2 c. canned or cooked, mashed pumpkin

Preparation

Beat butter at medium speed 2 minutes or until soft and creamy. Add sugar and beat at medium speed 5 to 7 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Sift flour with the next 5 ingredients.
Add flour mixture alternately with pumpkin, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan.