4 cups sugar

1 ½ cup oil

4 cups pumpkin, canned

3 eggs

1-cup nuts, chopped

1 (8 oz.) pkgs. Dates, chopped

5 cups flour

2-½ teaspoon soda

2-teaspoon cinnamon

1-teaspoon salt

1-teaspoon allspice and cloves

1-teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream sugar with oil, add canned pumpkin and mix well. Add eggs one at a time. Sift flour, soda, salt and spices together and add to cream mixture. Fold in the chopped nuts, dates and vanilla extract. Bake in a loaf pan at 325 degrees for about one hour. Cool before removing from pan.