How To Make Gumdrop Fruitcake
This gumdrop fruitcake is loaded with pecans, raisins, and chewy gumdrops for a delectable sweet treat! Serve up a warm loaf for your next dinner party.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupbutter
- 2cupswhite sugar
- 2eggs,beaten
- 4cupsall-purpose flour
- 1tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspground cloves
- ¼tspground nutmeg
- ¼tspsalt
- 1½cupsapplesauce
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tbspwater,hot
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 16ozgumdrops,no black ones
- 3cupsraisins
- 1cuppecans,chopped
- 1tbspbutter
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two 9×5-inch loaf pans or a 1-inch tube pan with greased parchment or heavy paper.
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Sift together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.
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Cut the gumdrops in fourths.
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Fry the pecans in 1 tablespoon butter or margarine.
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Mix pecans, raisins, and gumdrops together, then roll them in ¾ cup of the flour mixture.
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In a large bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and white sugar. Mix in the beaten eggs, then the flour and spice mixture alternately with the applesauce.
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Dissolve the soda in hot water, then stir them into the batter. Stir in the vanilla, nuts, gumdrops, and raisins.
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Bake for 2 hours. The baking time for the tube pan should be about 30 to 40 minutes longer. Test about 10 minutes before a long time.
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Allow to cool, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 263.63kcal
- Fat: 10.09g
- Saturated Fat: 4.78g
- Trans Fat: 0.28g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.39g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.17g
- Carbohydrates: 42.32g
- Fiber: 1.60g
- Sugar: 24.91g
- Protein: 3.13g
- Cholesterol: 29.95mg
- Sodium: 73.59mg
- Calcium: 18.50mg
- Potassium: 167.12mg
- Iron: 1.31mg
- Vitamin A: 64.09µg
- Vitamin C: 3.17mg
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