Serenity's Pumpkin Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup currants or 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon maple extract
• 1 cup cooked mashed pumpkin or 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup soy flour
• 2/3 cup powdered milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup soymilk
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 soak raisins/currants hello in boiling water for about 15-20 minutes, or until most of the water has absorbed.
• 2 preheat oven to 350f and grease and flour a bundt pan, tube pan or layer pans.
• 3 cream butter with honey and molasses until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in eggs and vanilla then beat in the pumpkin.
• 5 in a seperate bowl, sift together flour, soy flour, milk powder, salt, soda, powder and the spices.
• 6 drain any remaining liquid from the raisins/currants and toss with a fork in 1 cup of the flour mixture to coat.
• 7 add the rest of the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture, alternating with the milk, stirring after each addition.
• 8 fold in the floured raisins/currant and nuts.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 10 let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.