Gum Drop Cake — Lanark County Holiday Recipes

 

 

Gum Drop Cake-In memory of Mina Closs- Comelia Wegner

 

3 c. sifted cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda (dissolved in a little hot water)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 c. sweetened applesauce
1 c. seedless raisins
1 lb. lg. gumdrops (assorted, but no black) cut into pieces with scissors

Sift flour, soda, salt and cinnamon together 3 times. Cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add 1 cup dry ingredients and blend, add applesauce, raisins and remaining dry ingredients; mix thoroughly. Mix in gumdrops and turn into a greased tube pan. Bake in slow oven (200 degrees) for 2 – 2 1/2 hours. Wait a couple of hours

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