Pepper Cake with Pumpkin & Prunes

Directions

Preheat oven to 325℉ (160℃).

Butter and flour 8-cup loaf pan.

Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt and set aside.

Cut prunes into ¼ inch slices.

Drain ginger lightly and cut into very thin slices or small dice.

Break nuts into coarse pieces.

Beat butter until soft.

Add black pepper and then both sugars and beat to mix well.

Beat in the eggs and then the pumpkin.

Beat in the prunes, ginger, and walnuts.

Then, on low speed, add sifted dry ingredients and beat only until incorporated.

Turn into prepared pan and spread even.

Bake for about 1 hour 40 minutes, until a cake tester gently inserted in middle comes out dry. Cool cake in pan for about 15 minutes.

Remove from pan and cool on rack.