Ella's Gumdrop Cake
- 1 to 2 pounds of large gumdrops (no spicy ones and leave out licorice flavored ones)
- 4 cups (950 ml) flour
- 2 cups (475 ml) applesauce
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 pound golden raisins
- 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
- 1 cup (225 ml) butter
- 1/2 to 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) walnuts, chopped
- 1 tsp (5 ml) nutmeg
- 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda dissolved in 1 tsp (5 ml) hot water
- 1-1/4 tsp (6 ml) cinnamon
- Grease angel cake pan.
- Place gumdrops, nuts and raisins in a large bowl and sift 2 cups (475 ml) of flour over them; toss.
- In a separate container, cream the butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, 2 cups (475 ml) of flour, spices and baking soda mixture to butter/sugar mixture.
- Add applesauce to mixture and stir.
- Add gumdrop mixture to creamed mixture and stir well.
- Bake at 250 degrees (125 C.) to 275 degrees (125 C.) for 2 hours.
gumdrops, flour, applesauce, eggs, golden raisins, sugar, butter, walnuts, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000C25 (may not work)