Great grandma's gumdrop cake, my mom's*
1 cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | White raisins |
| 2 | pounds | Gumdrops, no black |
| 1 | cup | Walnuts, optional |
| 4 | cups | Flour |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 1 | cup | Butter |
| 2 | cups | White sugar |
| 1½ | cup | Unsweetened applesauce |
| 1 | teaspoon | Soda in 1 tbsp hot water |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
Directions
Directions Sift dry ingredients together and use part to dredge fruit, gumdrops and nuts. Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten eggs. Add alternate portions of flour with applesauce. Stir in soda in the water and vanilla. Then add fruit. Bake in tube pan which has been lined with greased brown paper. Bake at 300 degrees F.
Note; Put a pan of water in oven while cake is cooking DO NOT USE ANY BLACK GUMDROPS
Submitted By GEORGINA MAJOR On 01-27-95