Cake: Bread: Cate's Pumpkin Nut Bread
3 1/2 c Sifted flour 2 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Nutmeg 3 c Sugar 1 c Pecans 4 Eggs 1 1/2 c Canned pumpkin 1 c Butter 2/3 c Water ----------------------------------TOPPING---------------------------------- 2 tb Melted butter 2 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Cinammon Sift dry ingredients into large mixerbowl. Quickly add all remaining ingredients. Mix only until dry ingredients are moist. Bake in 2 greased 9x5x3-inch pans in preheated 350-degree F. oven for 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire rack. While warm brush with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Yield: Two loaves |