Country Pumpkin Cake - Baking At Home

Ingredients

• 2 C. boiling water
• 3/4 C. raisins or golden raisins
• 1 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
• 2 C. sugar
• 1 (15 oz.) can solid-pack pumpkin
• 4 large eggs
• 2 C. all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp. Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon
• 2 tsps. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
• 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Ginger
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Cloves
• FROSTING
• 1/3 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
• 2 C. powdered sugar
• 2 tsps. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
• 2 Tbsps. milk
• 1/2 C. finely chopped pecans