"THEY'RE EVERYWHERE ... THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!" ~ PUMPKINS ON PARADE / 'SPIRITED' PUMPKIN POUND CAKE

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."

~ Henry David Thoreau

~ Pumpkins on parade

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PUMPKIN POUND CAKE

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1 cup soft unsalted butter

3 cup sugar

5 large organic eggs

3 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground cloves

1/2 tsp. ginger

2 cups mashed pumpkin (canned is fine)

1/3 cup bourbon (or rum)

• Preheat oven to 325-degrees.
• Beat unsalted butter at medium speed about 2 minutes or until soft & creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• Combine flour and next 6 ingredients. Combine pumpkin and bourbon (rum). Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition on low until blended.
• Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake for 1 hour and 25-30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes before removing.