Best 5 Very Moist Gumdrop Cake Recipes

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.

GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and shortening together.
• Gradually beat in sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cut up the gumdrops into the flour mixture and stir to coat them with the flour.
• Add vanilla and lemon extracts to milk.
• Fold dry ingredients into batter alternately with milk mixture.
• (3 dry and 2 milk additions, starting and ending with dry).
• Spoon batter into greased and floured tube pan.
• Bake at 300F for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until done.

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.

VERY MOIST GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Place raisins in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and cook for 5 minutes. Drain all water from raisins.
• In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour into gumdrops, cherries, nuts, and drained raisins.
• In a large bowl, beat butter or margarine, sugar, and eggs. Mix in applesauce. Stir remaining flour, salt, and cinnamon into creamed mixture. Dissolve soda dissolved in hot water. Mix into batter well. Stir in floured fruit.
• Line an angel food pan with parchment paper, and grease with butter or margarine. Pour batter to within one inch of the top of pan.
• Bake 3 hours at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). When nearly done, cover top of cake with a piece of tinfoil to prevent top of cake from overcooking.

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.