Pumpkin Cake

2 cups sugar

1½ cups vegetable oil

4 eggs

3 cups flour, sifted

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups canned pumpkin

1 cup walnuts, chopped

Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe BELOW)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a tube pan.

In a stand mixer, beat sugar and oil together for about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add dry ingredients to egg mixture alternately with pumpkin, mixing until all ingredients are incorporated. Fold in nuts.

Turn batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely and frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Serves 10 to 12.

Nutrition values per serving (with frosting): 800 calories, 51 g fat (14 g saturated), 83 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 9 g protein, 110 mg cholesterol, 580 mg sodium.