MOMMAW'S PUMPKIN CAKE

4 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cloves
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
1 15-16 oz can of Libby's pumpkin

Cream sugar and eggs, then add oil and mix well. Stir dry ingredients together and then slowly add to the mixture a bit at a time. Add pumpkin last and mix together thoroughly. Pour into an ungreased tube or bundt pan and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Cool in pan some before putting out on a cake plate. Loosen the sides with a knife and shake pan to make sure bottom is loose. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese frosting

NOONA'S (AND MOMMAW'S) COFFEE CAKE

1 pkg Duncan Hines Yellow Cake Mix (with butter)
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Margarine or Butter**
1--8 Ounce Carton Sour Cream
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Mix together then put into two 8x8 pans.

TOPPING:
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Sprinkle topping on top of cake and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

Makes two 8x8 coffee cakes. Freezes well.

**PLEASE NOTE...MARGARINE IS NOT THE WHIPPED KIND BUT MUST BE THE BAKING KIND

MOMMAW'S TEXAS CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Bring to boil: Stir

1 Cup Margarine or Butter**
6 Tablespoons Cocoa
1 Cup Water

Remove from heat and stir in:

2 Cups Sugar

Then Add:

2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Beat until smooth. Next beat in:

2 Eggs
1/2 Cup Buttermilk

Spread in greased cookie sheet (large). Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. While cake bakes make frosting.


FROSTING:

Bring to boil in large saucepan:

1/2 Cup Margarine or Butter**
1/4 Cup Cocoa
6 Tablespoons Milk

Remove from heat and beat in 1 pound box of confectioners sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over warm cake.

1 Cup of chopped nuts may be added to frosting if desired. Mommaw usually sprinkled nuts on top.

** PLEASE NOTE: MARGARINE IS NOT THE WHIPPED KIND BUT THE KIND USED FOR BAKING.