Gumdrop Cake

Ingredients

1 gumdrops
85 gr raisins
250 gr flour
5 gr baking powder
2 gr baking soda
3 gr cinnamon
2 gr nutmeg
1 gr salt
230 gr butter
200 gr sugar
3 eggs
240 ml applesauce
1 lemon rind

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180ÂșC . Cut the gumdrops into small pieces leaving out the black ones. In a small bowl, toss with the raisins and half c flour. Reserve.

In a separate bowl, combine the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt with the remaining flour.

In a large bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the applesauce, flour mixture and lemon rind. Fold in the gumdrop and raisin mixture.

butter a 9 X 13 cm loaf pan and line with buttered wax or parchment paper. Pour in the batter.

Bake for 1 to 1.5 hours or till knife inserted comes out clean.

Turn out the cake and let it cool completely. Wrap well with foil and store for 1 to 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Freeze if keeping longer than 2 weeks.

Makes 1 loaf.