Gumdrop Cake

14 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 c. shortening
  • 1 c. white sugar
  • 1 c. brown sugar
  • 4 eggs, unbeaten
  • 1 c. dates, cut up
  • 1 c. nuts, cut coarse
  • 1 c. small gumdrops
  • 1 c. raisins
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 tsp. allspice
  • 2 tsp. soda
  • 2 c. applesauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream the sugar and shortening. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Sift spices and flour well together. Add to creamed mixture.
  2. 2
    Add soda to applesauce and add to mixture last with gumdrops and fruit which have been added to part of the flour.
  3. 3
    To keep moist, set a container of water in oven while baking. Bake at 350° for at least 1 hour. This makes a big cake.
  4. 4
    I bake it in a Bundt pan.

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