GREAT GRANDMA'S GUMDROP CAKE
As the title suggests, this recipe has been in the family for over 100 years! Gumdrop Cake is like a light fruit cake that kids love. It makes a great gift.
Provided by ChrysalisUnfurled
Categories Dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Boil the raisins for 5 minutes, strain & cool.
- In a large bowl cream butter & sugar. Add well beaten eggs.
- Add 1 cup flour then applesauce & raisins, mix.
- Add the rest of the flour (2 cups), baking powder, salt & gumdrops, mix.
- Bake for 2 1/2 hours @ 300F in pan(s) double lined with foil (I recommend having a pan of water on the bottom shelf of the oven while cooking).
- DO NOT cut for at least 7 - 10 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3635.7, Fat 100.1, SaturatedFat 60.3, Cholesterol 455.5, Sodium 2414.1, Carbohydrate 674.8, Fiber 15.2, Sugar 369.4, Protein 33.8
GUMDROP CAKE 1975
This recipe was given to me in 1975 by a co-workers wife. I have been making it a very long time, each Christmas. As far as I know this was a Christmas Fruitcake recipe originally .
Provided by andypandy
Categories Dessert
Time 3h25m
Yield 6 loafs
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Chop fruit, gumdrops.
- Yes even the black ones they give an anise flavour.
- Sift flour, baking soda.
- Pour one cup over the chopped gumdrops and raisins.
- Cream crisco, sugar, and egg yolks, well.
- Mix liquid alternating with the dry ingredients.
- Add the gumdrop mixture.
- Beat the egg white until stiff.
- Fold egg whites beaten into the cake batter.
- Line 6 loaf pans with foil.
- Bake in preheated oven 2 1/2 hours- 3 hours at 275 degrees F.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- Rewrap cooled cakes in the same foil from the pans then double wrap in saran wrap.
- When left for two weeks, foil will come away very easy.
- Note glazed cherries may be used as part of the raisins or gumdrops.
- But a total of 10 pounds fruit should be used.
GUMDROP CAKE
I don't use baking gums for this. Those things are horrid. If you wouldn't eat them right out of the bag, don't bake with them. Don't use any black ones. Ganong are the best-they don't make black ones. The easiest way to cut them is with scissors dipped in flour.
Provided by cuisinebymae
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cream butter and shortening together.
- Gradually beat in sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cut up the gumdrops into the flour mixture and stir to coat them with the flour.
- Add vanilla and lemon extracts to milk.
- Fold dry ingredients into batter alternately with milk mixture.
- (3 dry and 2 milk additions, starting and ending with dry).
- Spoon batter into greased and floured tube pan.
- Bake at 300F for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until done.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 7723.8, Fat 272.8, SaturatedFat 143.3, Cholesterol 1579.7, Sodium 2457.5, Carbohydrate 1250.6, Fiber 10.6, Sugar 771.5, Protein 80.1
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