Friday, December 25, 2009

Choco-Dot Pumpkin Cake

Mix the following:

2 cups flour
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. cloves
1/4 t. allspice
1/4 t. ginger
2 cups sugar

Set aside.

Beat in a mixer:

4 eggs till foamy
2 c. pumpkin
1 c. vegetable oil
1 c. bran cereal

Add dry ingredients. Then add:

6 oz. chocolate chips
1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans

Pour into greased and floured bundt pan.

Bake at 350 for 70 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes and then turn over on a plate. Let cool more before removing pan. Then ice.

Ice with:

4 T. butter melted
3 T. milk or cream
1 t. vanilla
powdered sugar until good consistency for pouring

My family found this recipe on the back of a box of 100% Bran cereal (Nabisco) in 1975 while we were stationed at Minot AFB in North Dakota. We have all made it every year since. It represents the holidays for us all!

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