Gumdrop Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 2 cups gumdrops (minumum,cut up or whole your choice. sissors work great)

Recipe

• 1 using a pastry cutter or fork or whatever you''ve got combine the sugars and butter together until they are like crumbs. (you can use all or all brown sugar if you like.).
• 2 combine the eggs and vanilla with the sugar mixture.
• 3 take about 1/4 cup of your flour and coat your gumdrops so they do not sink to the bottom of your cake. use the remaining flour for the next step.
• 4 sift the remaining flour,salt,spices,baking soda and baking powder together.
• 5 with a mixer or by hand add your flour mixture and milk to the egg and sugar mixture until well mixed. i let it mix for several minutes with the electric mixer.
• 6 add your gumdrops to the mixture and combine by hand as the gumdrops tend to get beat up with the electric mixer.
• 7 add mixture to 2 loaf pans or one bundt pan that has been greased and floured.
• 8 put in oven preheated to 300f for about 2 hrs.test with toothpick to see if it is done.(wet toothpick not done, dry done)
• 9 note: do not fill your pan more than 3/4 full as these cakes do rise.
• 10 i have found that the gumdrops do not sink in the cake but they don't rise with the cake either. try saving a few of the gumdrops and putting them on top of the cake and just pushing them in after you have put the batter in the pan.
• 11 experiment with the flavors. i found some fruit flavored gummies that are excellent in this recipe. i've also seen wine gummies that i plan to try in my next cake.the spices that i listed are what i like. you may not have the same taste so don't be afraid to add more or subtract some. i have made these with out some of the spices listed and they turned out great.
• 12 if you find your cake is getting too dark before your cooking time is up you can cover the top with tinfoil or brown paper for the last 1/2 hour of cooking.
• 13 these cakes freeze well and just seem to get better after sitting well wrapped in a cool pantry for a week or two.
• 14 enjoy.