The President’s Pumpkin Bread

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Mom clipped this one and makes it periodically for Thanksgiving as a cake with cream cheese frosting. I like mine with a gentle dusting of powdered sugar. The clip is so old and yellowed I can’t figure out which president was a fan of this bread.

by justcallmetoni·published 2005-07-19

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Quick Breads

Servings

12 serving(s)

Total time

1h 25m

prep 25 min

Calories / serving

398 kcal

Ingredients (10)

serves

2 cups all-purpose flourflour
2 cups sugarsugar
2 teaspoons baking sodabaking-soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamoncinnamon
1 teaspoon ground clovesclove
1 teaspoon ground nutmegnutmeg
1/2 teaspoon saltsalt
1 cup vegetable oilvegetable-oil
4 eggs, slightly beatenegg
2 cups solid pack pumpkin (not pie filling)

Instructions (4 steps)

01Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube bundt cake pan or 2 9-inch cake pans.
02Sift together dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda and spices) into a large bowl and form a well in the center. Add eggs and oil. Using a mixer on low blend ingredients. Add pumpkin and continue mixing until the pumpkin is fully incorporated. Fold batter into the cake pan.
03Bake for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Baking time is for the bundt cake pan and should be adjusted if you make this as a layer cake.

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