Gumdrop Fruitcake
Created by dienia b on December 9, 2014
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 60m
- Cook Time: 120m
- Recipe #16291
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup gumdrops
- 1 cup dates
- 1/2 cup nuts
- 2 cups shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups applesauce
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
How to Make
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Step 1: Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; beat.
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Step 2: Add applesauce with soda and vanilla.
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Step 3: Mix in spices and flour in another bowl.
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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.
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Step 5: Pour into well greased loaf pans.
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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).
Nutritional Facts
- 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