Recipe for Filbert Pumpkin Spice Cake

Recipe Ingredients: 1  cup Chopped Filberts, toasted 1/2  cup shortening 1  cup sugar 1  cup brown sugar 2  eggs, beaten 1  cup cooked, mashed pumpkin 3  cups sifted flour 4  teaspoons baking powder 1/4  teaspoon baking soda 1  teaspoon salt 1  teaspoon cinnamon 1/2  teaspoon nutmeg 1/4  teaspoon cloves 1/2  cup milk Cooking Directions: 1.  To toast filber, spread on baking sheet and toast in 275 F oven for 20 minutes or until golden. 2.  Cream shortening, gradually add sugars. Beat in eggs and pumpkin. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternatively with milk to creamed mixture. 3.  Fold in filberts. Pour into 3 greased and floured 8" layer cake pans. 4.  Bake in 350 F oven for 30 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pans; then remove cooling racks to cool completely. 5.  Add toasted chopped filberts to butter icing for frosting, and garnish with sliced filberts.     Raw Hazelnuts / Filberts (No Shell) Natural hazelnuts (filberts) are high in protein and low in fat. All recipes are listed in good faith and Nuts.com fully respects copyright protection and private property of original recipe authors. If a recipe is listed against an author's wishes, please contact us and we will remove the recipe immediately.