Gumdrop Cake

I love my mom's cooking / baking and loved to help mom in the kitchen. As a young girl, I would pull a chair to the counter and help mom bake. I would get flour all over my shirt. Good times in the kitchen with mom. Gumdrop cake taste great! Yummy! Hope you enjoy making this cake as much as I do.

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Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 pound white raisins
2 pounds colored gumdrops, chopped (do not use licorice gumdrops)
1 1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 cup pecans, chopped
4 cups flour
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon baking soda


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, salt, spices, cream shortening. Add sugar, eggs. Beat well. Add applesauce, gumdrops which have been floured, nuts, raisins, flavorings, baking soda dissolved in water. Pour mixture into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake 1 hour. Enjoy!
Note: must flour gumdrops before adding to batter.