Gumdrop Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 lb gumdrop, sliced
1 cup raisins (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
Stir in vanilla.
In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk; fold in gumdrops and raisins.
Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for one to one and a half hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool for 20 minutes in pan and then remove to finish cooling on wire rack.