Pumpkin Pound Cake

Pound Cake Ingredients
3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice *
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups butter, softened
6 eggs
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
3/4 cup milk

* or substitute 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. ground ginger, 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg, 1/4 tsp. ground cloves

Glaze Ingredients
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
4-6 teaspoons milk

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.

Combine sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter in large bowl. Beat a medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. Add pumpkin; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low. Beat, gradually adding flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk, until well mixed.

Spoon batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.

For glaze, combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Glaze cooled cake.