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Holiday Gum Drop Cake Recipe

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1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
½ teaspoon each cloves and nutmeg
4 cups flour
¼ teaspoon salt

Mix all the above ingredients with an electric mixer, until well mixed in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 teaspoon hot water, add this to the mixture.

Then add:
1 ½ cups (1 pound) applesauce
1 ½ cups gumdrops
1 ½ cps candied fruit mix (stuff you can use in fruitcakes) This par of original recipe but is optional
1 cup walnuts, optional

Line 2 large and 1 small loaf pans with wax paper. Bake loaves in a 300º degree oven for 1 ½ hours let gumdrops cake. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and wax paper and let cool.

 

 

 

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