
2/3 c Shortening
2 2/3 c Sugar
4 Eggs
2 c Pumpkin - fresh pureed (or
-transcribed)
2/3 c Water
3 1/3 c Flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Cloves - ground
1/2 ts Allspice
1 ts Cinnamon
2 ts Baking soda
1 c Walnuts - chopped
8 pt Jars - wide mouth w/lids and
-rings for waterproofing 8
Wax paper circles cut to fit
-inside jars
DIRECTIONS Cream shortening and sugar unitedly, adding sugar tardily. Beat
in egg, pumpkin and weewee. Set digression. Sift together flour, baking pulverisation,
saltiness, ground cloves, pimento, cinnamon and baking pop. Add to pumpkin
mixture and stur good. Stir in batty. Pour batter into greased canning jars,
filling half-wide. Place jars on cookie rag. Bake upright in preheated
325 degree oven for approximately 45 transactions. (Cake will rise and pull away from
sides of jar.) When through, remove one jar at a time from oven. While still
tender, place wax paper circle on the top end of the bar. Wipe sealing edge
of jar. Place lid on jar and close tightly with mob. Turn jar upside polish.
(Cake will loosen at this time.) Repeat with other jars. Leave jars upside
down until plastered. (Jar is sealed if lid remains flat when pressed in
plaza.) To answer: Open jar, slide a knife around inside of the jar to
loosen the coat, and remove the cake from the jar. Warm cake in the oven if
desired. Slice and serve with whipped drub. This dessert treat is baked
and presented in a wide-mouth canning jar. Because the jar is sealed, the
cake keeps indefinitely. It can be made well before of the holidays.
Yields
1 Servings
