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                                            Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1  | 
                                         
                                        
                                     
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                    Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened  |  
                                                1 cup firmly packed brown sugar  |  
                                                1/2 cup sugar  |  
                                                1 egg  |  
                                                3/4 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin  |  
                                                1/2 teaspoon baking soda  |  
                                                1/2 cup buttermilk  |  
                                                2 cups all-purpose flour, divided  |  
                                                1 tablespoon baking powder  |  
                                                1 teaspoon salt  |  
                                                1 teaspoon ground cinnamon  |  
                                                3/4 cup chopped pecans  |  
                                                spiced whipped cream  |  
                                                1 whole nutmeg, grated (optional)  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Combine butter and sugar, beating well. Add egg and pumpkin; beat well. 2. Dissolve soda in buttermilk; stir well. Combine 1 3/4 cups flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Dredge pecans in remaining 1/2 cup flour, and fold into batter. 3. Pour batter into 2 well - greased 8-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely. Spread Spiced Whipped Cream between layers and on top of cake. Sprinkle nutmeg over top of cake, if desired.                              | 
                         
                         
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