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Yield:Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 15-oz can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350, and grease 2 9x5x3 loaf pans (I use a little vegetable oil to do this, because I prefer it to cooking spray or the butter/flour method).
- Beat sugar and oil in a large bowl, then beat in eggs and pumpkin.
- Add half the flour, and all the spices and baking soda, powder, and salt. Stir gently to combine, then add the rest of the flour and stir gently.
- Divide the batter into the pans, and bake 50-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (mine took exactly one hour). Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
This recipe is slightly adapted from Bon Appetit, and I found a copy on Epicurious…but it was originally given to me by my friend Leigh, who brought me a loaf when I had a new baby. :o)
I like the slightly tongue-numbing taste of cloves, but if you don’t want it to be a strong flavor I suggest cutting it to 1/2 teaspoon.