MOTHER MURPHY'S GUMDROP CAKE

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Categories     Citrus     Egg     Lemon     Cake     Edible Gift     Christmas     Easter     Dessert     Bake     Kid-Friendly

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar (white)
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pieces lemon rind
10 pieces cherries (candied) optional
1.5 cups gumdrops (no black liquorice gumdrops... they get mushy)
4 pieces pineapple slices
.5 teaspoon salt
5 pieces eggs (separated)
1 cup raisins
.5 teaspoon almond extract

Steps:

  • Cream butter well
  • add sugar gradually to the creamed butter
  • add egg yolks, flavouring and lemon rind and mix well
  • add flour, baking powder and salt (keeping a little bit of the flour out to coat the gumdrops) mix well
  • Add raisins, gumdrops, pineapple, cherries.... mix well
  • Beat egg whites until stiff and add last to cake mixture
  • Turn into angel cake pan (10") that has been greased and floured.
  • Bake at 300-350 deg approx. 2 hours, till cake will spring back when touched.

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