Gumdrop Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
1 cup gumdrop
1 cup dates
1/2 cup nuts
2 cups shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
2 cups applesauce
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

cream shortening and sugar
add eggs
beat
add applesauce with soda and vanilla mixed in
mix spices and flour in another bowl
cut dates chop nuts take out black gumdrop.
add these to flour mixture as well as raisins
mix well.
add to creamed mixture
pour into wellgreased loaf pans
bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours
darlenes recipe says 45 to 60 minutes fin 350 degree oven
iwould go with lower heat.