Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Reader Recipe: Gaye V. Ochs of Leeper, PA

Ingredients for Cake:

• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup salad oil
• 2 cups pumpkin
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Ingredients for Icing:

• 1 stick butter
• 1 1-lb. box powdered sugar
• 8 oz. softened cream cheese
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions for Cake:

1. With a mixer: combine sugar, eggs, oil, pumpkin, flour, cinnamon, soda and salt in a bowl.
2. Turn into large 13″x9″ pan, greased and floured.
3. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35-45 minutes.

Directions for Icing:

1. Blend butter, powdered sugar, cream cheese and vanilla in a mixer and spread on top of cooled cake.
2. Sprinkle nuts on top.