Pumpkin Bran Cake
Jane Lumpkin Clotiaux (originally from Juanita Lumpkin Doolittle)
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp ground ginger
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 (16oz) can pumpkin or 2 cups mashed pumpkin
1 cup salad oil
1 1/2 cups 40% bran flakes cereal
1 (6oz) pkg semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices.
Beat eggs; gradually add sugar, beating until pale yellow. Add pumpkin and oil to egg mixture, mixing well.
Add flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Add bran flakes, chocolate chips and nuts. Mix well.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake for 1 hour or until cake test done.
I’ve had this often courtesy of my sister, Juanita, either at her house or she brings it to mine. Lots of fall spices and the bran flakes make it healthy, right?! (Dec 1999)
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp ground ginger
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 (16oz) can pumpkin or 2 cups mashed pumpkin
1 cup salad oil
1 1/2 cups 40% bran flakes cereal
1 (6oz) pkg semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices.
Beat eggs; gradually add sugar, beating until pale yellow. Add pumpkin and oil to egg mixture, mixing well.
Add flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Add bran flakes, chocolate chips and nuts. Mix well.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake for 1 hour or until cake test done.