Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

This is one of my favorite holiday cakes.

cake ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 1 (16 oz) can pumpkin
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Mix eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until fluffy.  Add other ingredients and mix well.  Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

icing ingredients:

• 3 oz cream cheese softened
• 1/2 butter or margarine softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Mix until creamy.  Stir in nuts.  Spread on cool cake.