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Monday, September 29, 2008

Mrs. Chism's "Indestructable" Pumpkin Cake



When I was born my parents rented an apartment in the basement of Mrs. Chism's house. Mrs. Chism didn't have any grandchildren so she sort of adopted me and I called her Grandma Mary. This is her Pumpkin Cake recipe.

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. soda
2 cups unseasoned canned pumpkin

Beat eggs, add sugar and salad oil. Sift dry ingredients and add to egg mixture. Add pumpkin. Blend well. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 350ยบ F for 1 hour. Remove from oven. Let stand 10 min., then remove from pan to cool. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Note: I made these into cupcakes because I couldn't find my bundt pan. It's buried somewhere in my messy storeroom. Sorry! I didn't keep track of how long they took to bake, but I would guess about 15 min. They were done pretty fast.

My mom makes this cake just about every year for fall family get-togethers. She makes it in a bundt pan and prefers to leave it unfrosted. It's a very sturdy cake and has earned the title "indestructable" due to the many mishaps it has survived. Apart from many acts of clumsiness resulting in the cake being dropped (while contained in its carrier) this cake has even survived a couple minor car wrecks.

4 comments:

Victoria - Florence and Mary said...

I will have to give this a go as I made pumpkin cookies at the weekend from another bloggers recipe

Victoria x

Teena Vallerine said...

OOOhh! Thank-you! I love pumpkin cake and the only recipes for pumpkins over here are savoury ones! I have no idea what is a bundt tin so I'm glad you didn't use yours! t.xx

Amanda said...

Yum, that sounds good! I'll have to try your recipe. :)

Rose said...

It looks yummy!! Thanks so much for the recipe :-)

PS I'm going to try making your 'fake' cupcakes soon. I'm a little afraid of working with the plaster (getting it all over) I do know not to rinse it down the sink! Does it make a mess when you do those? Any tips? I have your instructions, thanks for those btw!!