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 African - Pumpkin Cake (Liberia)
adapted from West African Cook Book by Ellen Gibson Wilson
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Description
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Ingredients
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- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 1 1/4 Cups Sugar
- 2 Medium Eggs
- 2 Cups Flour
- 3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Ginger
- 1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Can Pumpkin
- 3/4 Cup Milk
- 1/2 Teaspoon Club Soda
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans -- optional
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Directions
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Cream together sugar and butter.
Add eggs and mix well.
Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl.
Mix pumpkin, club soda and milk in 3rd bowl.
Add bowl #2 to bowl #3 blend well. Then add this mixture to bowl 1, blend well. Add nuts if using.
Pour into greased baking pan 9 x 13".
Bake at 350* for 25 minutes.
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Serves
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1
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Time to Make
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0:00
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