Fruity Gum Flower Recipes

GREAT GRANDMA'S GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Boil the raisins for 5 minutes, strain & cool.
• In a large bowl cream butter & sugar. Add well beaten eggs.
• Add 1 cup flour then applesauce & raisins, mix.
• Add the rest of the flour (2 cups), baking powder, salt & gumdrops, mix.
• Bake for 2 1/2 hours @ 300F in pan(s) double lined with foil (I recommend having a pan of water on the bottom shelf of the oven while cooking).
• DO NOT cut for at least 7 - 10 days.

MOMMA'S ANSWER TO FRUITCAKE (GUMDROP CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dissolve baking soda in water.
• Cream sugars,shortening,eggs salt& soda mix.
• Sift 1 cup of flour over the gumdrop pieces.
• Mix in nuts.
• Add to creamed mix.
• Add flour& mix well.
• Add applesauce& mix well.
• Bake in greased or disposable loaf pans for 1 hour.
• Slice& Serve hot or cold.

SIMPLE GUM DROP FLOWER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
• On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with 1/2 cup of the frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
• On sugared surface, use rolling pin to roll gumdrops into oval shapes.
• Place 23 gumdrop ovals around the edge of the top of the cake, overlapping slightly. Create a second circle inside the first circle using 15 gumdrops. Repeat once more in the center of the cake with the remaining 7 gumdrops. Place a miniature marshmallow in the center of the cake to form the center of the flower.

MINI MARSHMALLOW FLOWER

Steps:

• Put the chewy candy in the center of the cupcake. Snip the marshmallows in half diagonally, and press the cut sides into the nonpareils. Arrange them in a petal pattern around the candy.

LARGE MARSHMALLOW FLOWER

Steps:

• Snip off top-to-bottom slices all around the marshmallows, leaving a sticky core (which you can eat)-each wedge will have a sticky inside and a powdery outside. You should have about 15 petals.
• Press the sticky sides into the blue sanding sugar. Arrange about 10 petals around the edge of the cupcake so that they extend slightly over the edge. Arrange the remaining petals in a second layer on top of the first.
• Cut 2 small pieces from the black licorice, dab some frosting on the ends and dip in the yellow sanding sugar. Stand it in the center of the flower.

GUMMY PETAL FLOWER

Steps:

• Put the raspberry candy in the center of the cupcake. Put 8 fish, heads up, in a petal pattern around the raspberry. Put the remaining 13 fish in a petal pattern around the first set.