Best Holiday Gumdrop Cake Recipes

HOLIDAY GUMDROP CAKE

Holiday Gumdrop Cake image

The gumdrop cake has been a holiday tradition in our family for almost 4 generations. The recipe has been adapted and changed over the years; this one is my favorite.

Provided by twobears

Categories Desserts Cakes Spice Cake Recipes

Time 2h50m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

9 cups raisins
6 cups all-purpose flour, divided
3 pounds gum drops (no black licorice gum drops)
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 ½ cups unsalted butter
3 cups packed brown sugar
6 large eggs
3 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground allspice
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon hot water

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans.
Place raisins into a large saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium; boil until raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
Stir 1 cup flour into raisins and add gum drops and walnuts; mix to coat ingredients with flour. Beat butter, brown sugar, and eggs together in a separate bowl until creamy; mix in applesauce. Stir remaining 5 cups flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice into batter. Dissolve baking soda and hot water in a small bowl and stir into batter. Fold floured raisin mixture into batter. Divide batter between the prepared loaf pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 2 1/2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 766.2 calories, Carbohydrate 154.7 g, Cholesterol 77 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 3.8 g, Protein 7.4 g, SaturatedFat 8.1 g, Sodium 497.2 mg, Sugar 111.8 g

HOLIDAY GUMDROP CAKE

Holiday Gumdrop Cake image

This is my Mom's recipe for Gumdrop cake that she use to make, It is a family favorite. Easy to make. She always left the gumdrops whole or used the small spiced gumdrops.

Provided by Barb G.

Categories Dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in a little hot water)
1 1/2 lbs gumdrops
2 cups sugar
4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
1 cup nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease and flour Bunt or angle food cake pan.
Cream butter add eggs and sugar.
Mix applesauce, soda, nutmeg and cinnamon together.
Add to butter and egg mixture.
Add gumdrops, nuts to flour and salt.
(Mix to dredge).
Add the flour-salt-gumdrop-nut mixture, mix thoughly.
Pour into prepared pan and bake 1-1/2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 9407.6, Fat 271.3, SaturatedFat 130.4, Cholesterol 911, Sodium 4638.5, Carbohydrate 1686, Fiber 38, Sugar 897.5, Protein 95.2

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