Granny's Harvest Pumpkin Cake

This is an award-winning cake recipe, it won 1st place at a local WV Fair/Festival. It was submitted by Rebecca T.

Ingredients

• Cake
• 2-1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups crushed pecan shortbread cookies
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ¾ cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 15 oz can pumpkin
• 2 cups crushed pecans
• [b]Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting[/b]
• ½ cup butter
• 8 oz package cream cheese softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 lb box (4 cups) powdered sugar

Notes

* I obtained the recipe from The Market Bulletin.