Pumpkin Bread

3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
3 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
2/3 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour 2 loaf pans (9x5) and set aside.

Cream sugar and oil.  Add eggs and pumpkin.  Mix well. 

Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves into the pumpkin mixture, mixing periodically.  Add water and mix well. 

Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 90 minutes.  Let stand to cool in pan for 10 minutes.  Remove from pans after 10 minutes and let cool completely.