1/2 c Butter or margarine;
– softened
3/4 c Sugar
2 lg Eggs
3/4 c Mashed cooked pumpkin
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
1 1/2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
Powdered sugar
Orange sauce (see recipe)
Garnish: orange rind strips
Recipe by: Southern Living Magazine
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually
add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after
each addition. Stir in pumpkin and vanilla. Combine flour and next 3
ingredients; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until
blended after each addition. Pour into a greased and floured 9-inch round
cake pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in
center comes out clean. Cool pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from
pan, and cool on a wire rack. Place a paper doily over cake; sift powdered
sugar through a wire-mesh strainer over doily. Remove doily, and serve with
Orange Sauce. Garnish, if desired.
Yields
8 Servings