2 ½ cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon cloves

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin

Confectioners’ sugar

In a mixing bowl, blend sugar and oil.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves; add to egg mixture alternately with pumpkin.  Transfer to a greased 12-cup fluted tube pan.  Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.  Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.  Remove from the pan and cool completely.  Dust with confectioners’ sugar.