Ingredients

29 oz. canned pumpkin puree

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

4 cups white sugar

6 eggs

5 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

3 cups toasted chopped pecans

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour five 8X4 loaf pans.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger; stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended. Add nuts. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. The top of the loaf should spring back when lightly pressed.
  4. Cool until pan can be handled; turn out onto wire racks to completely cool.