Cyndy's Harvest Loaf Cake

By SewingDragonfly

Cyndy Canty - Magic 105.1

Ingredients

• GLAZE:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided
• 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons light cream
• Dash each of nutmeg and cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, beating well. Stir together flour, soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Add to butter mixture alternately with pumpkin, beginning and ending with dry ingredients, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips and ¾ cup of the chopped walnuts.

Pour batter into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts.

Bake in a 350° oven for 65 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool cake. Drizzle glaze over cake.

NOTE: recipe will easily double, triple or quadruple to make more cakes.

GLAZE: stir together sugar, cream, nutmeg and cinnamon. Drizzle over cooled harvest loaf cake.