Cake
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup Butter Flavor or Regular Shortening
1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
4 eggs
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
3/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/3 cups Oatmeal (Quick or Old Fashioned, uncooked)
1/2 cup chopped nuts or raisins
4 teaspoons baking powder
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
4 teaspoons orange juice
3/4 teaspoon orange peel
Heat oven to 350 degree F. Grease a 10 cup Bundt or tube pan. For cake,
beat sugar and shortening until fluffy. Mix in pumpkin, eggs, and water. Combine
remaining cake ingredients, mixing well; gradually add to pumpkin mixture;
mix well. Spread into pan. Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden toothpick
inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan.
Cool completely on wire rack. For glaze, mix all ingredients until smooth;
drizzle over cake. Serves 16.
The Pratt Family Cookbook
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