Gumdrop Cake Recipe

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This Gumdrop Cake recipe comes from Esther Hartzler, Harrisonville, Missouri, and she’s saved it for many years.

1/2 cup solid shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 pound lemon- and orange-flavored gumdrops, 1/2-inch size
1/2 cup golden or dark raisins or currants
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk 

Heat oven to 300°F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan; set aside.

In large bowl, using mixer, beat together shortening and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs.

Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Mix 2 tablespoons flour mixture with gumdrops and raisins. Add vanilla to milk.