Sift together:
1 2/3 cups flour
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cream together:
½ cup salad oil
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup pumpkin
2 eggs
½ cup water
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional - I don't use)
How To Cook
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Soak 1 cup raisins in the ½ cup of water.
3. Sift dry ingredients together - set aside. 4. Mix vanilla, oil, pumpkin and eggs.
5. Blend in dry ingredients.
6. Fold in raisins, water (and nuts).
7. Turn into greased loaf pan.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 1 ½ hours (or until a toothpick comes out clean.)
9. Cool in pan.
10. Cut when cold.