Gumdrop Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs gumdrops, diced (do not use black)
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 cups sweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon clove
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 lb light raisins or 1 lb dark raisin
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
4 cups flour

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300\u00b0 Dissolve baking soda in 1 tsp hot water.
Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
Add applesauce, dissolved baking soda and eggs.
Add 2 C flour, cinnamon, cloves, salt.
Mix nuts, raisins and gumdrops in separate bowl.
Sift remaining 2 C flour over gumdrop mixture then add to the creamed mixture.
Grease and flour an angel food cake pan.
Pour batter into pan and bake 2 hours.