Spicy Chocolate-Pumpkin Bundt Cake

1 ¼ cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 cup cocoa
4 large eggs
1 ¾ cups pumpkin
½ cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
½ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
2 2/3 cups flour
Caramel icing

Heat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease and flour bundt pan. Beat butter, sugar and cocoa until creamy. Add eggs and beat until mixture is fluffy. On low speed beat in pumpkin, milk and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and add, beating just until blended. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake 55 to 60 minutes until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Invert pan on rack and tap to release cake.

Cool completely. Spoon icing over cake so it runs down sides.

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