Cake
3 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 T. cinnamon
2 t. ginger
1 ¾ t. allspice
1 t. salt
½ t. nutmeg
1 ½ c. sugar
1c. packed brown sugar
1 c. canola oil
4 large eggs
1 15 oz. can pumpkin
1 T. vanilla
1 T. fresh orange peel
½ c. dried cranberries
½ c. dried apricots, chopped
Frosting
1 8 oz. package cream cheese
10 T. butter (1 ¼ sticks)
1 T. rum ( may be omitted)
1 t. vanilla
4 ½ c. powdered sugar, measured then sifted
For the cake:
Heat oven to 350. Grease 9x13 cake pan.
Put 3 c. flour in a mixing bowl. Add next 7 ingredients,
blend. In another bowl, blend both sugars and oil. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin, vanilla and orange peel. Add
flour mixture, stirring just until blended. Add dried fruit. Spread in cake
pan. Bake about 1 hr. Cool completely before frosting.
For frosting:
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until
smooth. Beat in rum and vanilla. Add powdered sugar in three additions, beating
just until smooth. If you overbeat, frosting may become too soft to spread.