Gumdrop Fruitcake
Recipe: #16291
December 09, 2014
"From Darlene Kossman, Christmas 1955, said very good"
Original is 24 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (98.4 g)
- Calories 404.6
- Total Fat - 20.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.9 g
- Cholesterol - 34.7 mg
- Sodium - 154.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 52.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.8 g
- Sugars - 30.2 g
- Protein - 4.3 g
- Calcium - 20.6 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; beat.
Step 2
Add applesauce with soda and vanilla.
Step 3
Mix in spices and flour in another bowl.
Step 4
Cut dates chop nuts take out black gumdrop. Add these to flour mixture as well as raisins; mix well. Add to creamed mixture.
Step 5
Pour into well greased loaf pans.
Step 6
Bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours. (Darlene's recipe says 45 to 60 minutes fin 350 degree oven, I would go with lower heat).
Tips
No special items needed.