Spicy Pumpkin Cake

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 chopped pecans
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup cooked pumpkin

Grease and flour cake pan. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in nuts. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with milk and pumpkin. Bake in moderate oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes then turn out onto cake rack.