Best Mother Murphys Gumdrop Cake Recipes

MOMMA'S ANSWER TO FRUITCAKE (GUMDROP CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dissolve baking soda in water.
• Cream sugars,shortening,eggs salt& soda mix.
• Sift 1 cup of flour over the gumdrop pieces.
• Mix in nuts.
• Add to creamed mix.
• Add flour& mix well.
• Add applesauce& mix well.
• Bake in greased or disposable loaf pans for 1 hour.
• Slice& Serve hot or cold.

HOLIDAY GUMDROP CAKE

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.

GREAT GRANDMA'S GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Boil the raisins for 5 minutes, strain & cool.
• In a large bowl cream butter & sugar. Add well beaten eggs.
• Add 1 cup flour then applesauce & raisins, mix.
• Add the rest of the flour (2 cups), baking powder, salt & gumdrops, mix.
• Bake for 2 1/2 hours @ 300F in pan(s) double lined with foil (I recommend having a pan of water on the bottom shelf of the oven while cooking).
• DO NOT cut for at least 7 - 10 days.

SIMPLE GUM DROP FLOWER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
• On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with 1/2 cup of the frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
• On sugared surface, use rolling pin to roll gumdrops into oval shapes.
• Place 23 gumdrop ovals around the edge of the top of the cake, overlapping slightly. Create a second circle inside the first circle using 15 gumdrops. Repeat once more in the center of the cake with the remaining 7 gumdrops. Place a miniature marshmallow in the center of the cake to form the center of the flower.

COLORFUL GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x5 (2 L) loaf pan.
• Line with parchment paper, cutting to fit.
• In large bowl,beat sugar& butter until light& creamy,beat in the eggs,lemon rind& vanilla until fluffy.
• In a separate bowl,stir together flour,baking powder& salt.
• Gradually beat the flour mixture into sugar mixture alternately with the milk until mixture is smooth.
• Stir in gumdrops& coconut until well combined.
• Spoon into prepared pan and bake at 350 for 1-1 1/4 hrs.
• or until tester in centre comes out clean.
• DON"T OVERBAKE.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• Turn out and let cool on wire rack completely.
• Lemon Glaze: In small bowl,whisk icing sugar& lemon juice until smooth.
• Drizzle glaze evenly over top of the cake& sprinkle with the chopped gumdrops.
• Can be refrigerated loosely covered for up to 1 week.
• If you would like to store longer, freeze the cake UNWRAPPED, then wrap carefully& store in freezer up to three months.

GUM DROP CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter and sugar together and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Combine flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• 2. Reserve 1/4 mix with gum drops and nuts. Stir remainder alternately with creamed butter/sugar mixture. Stir in gum drops and nuts and peels.
• 3. Spread batter in greased and floured tube pan.
• 4. Bake 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• 5. Remove immediately from pan.....cool and wrap.

SWEET GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300° Dissolve baking soda in 1 tsp hot water.
• Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
• Add applesauce, dissolved baking soda and eggs.
• Add 2 C flour, cinnamon, cloves, salt.
• Mix nuts, raisins and gumdrops in separate bowl.
• Sift remaining 2 C flour over gumdrop mixture then add to the creamed mixture.
• Grease and flour an angel food cake pan.
• Pour batter into pan and bake 2 hours.

GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and fold into creamed mixture alternately with water. Coat raisins and gumdrops with flour. Stir flavorings, gumdrops and raisins into creamed mixture.
• Mix well and pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.