Honey Buttermilk Pumpkin Cake with Pecans (1985)

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 orange, grated (3 heaping tbspns)
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tspn baking powder
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 3 tspns pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup yellow raisins
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter with sugar. Beat in eggs, orange, buttermilk, and honey, beating well after each addition. Stir together the remaining ingredients and add all at once, beating until blended. Do no overbeat.

Spread batter into a greased10-inch tube pan, and bake in a 325 degree oven for 45 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center. comes out clean. Allow to cook in pan. When cool, sprinkle top with a little sifted powdered sugar. Serves 8 to 10.

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(Origin - "Coffee Cakes and Quick Breads" by Renny Darling, 1985.)