Spiced Pumpkin Cake

I got this recipe from the better homes and gardens website (http://www.bhg.com) and modified a little bit.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground pumpkin spice mix
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
• 1 cup castor sugar
• ¾ cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• Direction:
• Pre heat oven to 350F. Grease a 15x10x1 inch baking pan and set aside
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin spice mix and set aside

In a medium bowl beat egg, sugar and vanilla extract.

Add oil, and pumpkin puree and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed

Add the flour mixture and beat until combined.

Stir in chopped walnuts

Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until a wooden tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean

Cool completely on a wire rack.

Note: I usually reduce the amount of sugar when I bake cookies, cake etc. So if you would like it to be quite sweet, add extra 1/3 cup of sugar.

For a variation, add about ¼ cup of chocolate chips or raisins into the cake mix.