Pumpkin Oat Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups golden brown sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
1 1/2 cups quick oats or 1 1/2 cups oats
OPTIONAL
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
ICING
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup powdered sugar
4 -6 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 12 cup fluted tube pan.
In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
In a large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, oil, milk and pumpkin until blended, using an electric mixer.
At low speed, blend flour mixture until smooth, and then add oats.
Fold in any nuts or fruits last.
bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean appx.
60 minutes.
Icing: In a small saucepan, melt butter until lightly brown, gradually add sugar, and 4 to 6 tablespoons milk until smooth.