Pumpkin Bread and Autumn Gold Cake

2 for 1 today! These two recipes are brought to us by the Del Monte Kitchens (in much the same way tuna casseroles are brought to us by Campbells soup).

Pumpkin Bread
3 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 16 oz can (Del Monte) Pumpkin
2/3 cup water
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves

-Cream sugar and oil together. Add eggs and pumpkin, and mix well.
-Sift together dry ingredients, and mix in with water and wet ingredients.
-Pour into well greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 60 to 90 min.

Autumn Gold Cake
1 pkg orange flavored cake mix
1 16 oz can (Del Monte) Pumpkin
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
3 eggs
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup whipped cream
dash of nutmeg

-Combine cake mix, pumpkin, sugar, water, eggs and pumpkin pie spice, and beat for 4 minutes.
-Pour into greased cake pan, bake at 350 for 45 min.
-Serve topped with whipped cream and a dash of nutmeg.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Grammy Gertie used to cook an enormous Thanksgiving feast, usually to feed 2 dozen people or so. I remember walking into the house, and seeing all available counter space being used to cool pies -- including in the hallway. It made it very challenging to chase ones siblings around the house without knocking over the pies.

To Emily, Ethan, Lydia, Mike, Craig, our parents, our kids, our families...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Pumpkin Pie

1 cup sugar

1 cup pumpkin

2 eggs

1/2 tsp allspice

1/2 tsp ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

1 TB molasses

1 cup milk

1 tsp salt

-Mix above ingredients together, and pour into pie crust.

-Bake at 425 degrees for 45 minutes.