Ingredients

• 2 and 2/3 cup - maida (all - purpose flour, sift before measuring)
• 1.5 cups - powdered sugar
• 1 cup - pumpkin, steamed and mashed
• 1/2 cup - cashew nuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup - butter
• 3 - eggs
• 3 tsp - baking powder
• 1 tsp - salt
• 1 tsp - mixed spice powder (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg)

How to Make Pumpkin Nut Cake

• Mix maida with baking powder, salt and mixed spice powder.
• Beat butter with sugar till the mixture is light.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix in the pumpkin and nuts.
• Fold in the maida.
• Pour the mixture in a greased 8-ich round cake tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven (180C) till the cake is done (about 40 minutes)
• Turn out on a wire rack and cool completely before cutting.