dessert recipes

Pumpkin Pound Cake


cakes

2 cup butter, melted
5 cup canned pumpkin
4 cup sugar
8 each eggs, room temp
6 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon vanilla
3 cup heavy whipping vream
3/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Cream the butter and sugar. Add the pumpkin and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the dry ingredients and slowly add to the creamed mixture. Add the vanilla and beat well. Pour into 2 greased and floured bundt or tube pans and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Whip the cream until stiff. Mix in the organge concentrate and sugar. Let the cakes cool in the pans for 25 -30 minutes. Serve slices garnished with a collop of orange cream springled with walnuts.