What You Need:
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
⅔ cup water
2 cups canned pumpkin
3⅓ cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift, then measure)
1½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2½ cups granulated sugar
1 cup raisins
½ cup diced walnuts or pecans (optional)
How to Make It:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour four (1-pound) coffee cans (or two standard bread pans).
In a mixing bowl, combine oil, eggs, water and pumpkin.
In another bowl, sift together flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. Make a well in center of dry ingredients and add pumpkin mixture. Blend until dry ingredients are moist. Stir in raisins and nuts. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Cool briefly in cans or pans before turning out onto a rack.