Mother Murphys Gumdrop Cake Recipes

MOTHER MURPHY'S GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter well, add sugar gradually,
• add egg yolks, flavouring and lemon rind.
• Mix well, add flour, baking powder and salt (keeping a little flour out to coat the gumdrops)
• Add raisins, gumdrops, pineapple, cherries.
• Beat egg whites until stiff and add last to cake mixture.
• Turn into angel cake pan (10") that has been greased and floured.

GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• One-Bowl Chocolate Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans and one 8-inch stainless-steel bowl, and line bottoms with parchment; butter parchment, and dust with cocoa.
• Into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low, stir in eggs, 1 1/2 cups warm water, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla until smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Divide batter among prepared pans and bowl. Bake, rotating once, until tester inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes for 8-inch layers and 50 to 55 minutes for bowl.
• Let cakes cool on wire rack for 20 minutes, then remove and cool completely, right side up on rack. Cakes can be made in advance and stored up to 1 day in refrigerator. They can be stored 1 week in the freezer.
• Swiss Meringue Buttercream: Beat butter with electric mixer until fluffy and pale. Transfer to small bowl.
• In double boiler over simmering water, whisk sugar and egg whites until warm and sugar is dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to clean bowl of electric mixer; beat on high with whisk attachment until fluffy and cooled, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce mixer to medium-low; add butter a scant 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
• Switch to paddle attachment; beat on lowest speed 3 to 5 minutes. Leave at room temperature if using same day. Or store airtight in refrigerator up to 3 days. Bring to room temperature; beat until smooth.
• With serrated knife, trim the tops of layers that were baked in cake pans to be level. Brush excess crumbs away. Place bottom layer on a cake round, and use an offset spatula to evenly spread 1 1/4 cups buttercream on top. Trim the uneven top away from the layer that was baked in the bowl.
• Add domed layer, cut side down, and spread 1 1/2 to 2 cups buttercream in thin layer over entire cake to seal in crumbs. Transfer assembled and crumb-coated cake to refrigerator, and chill 30 to 40 minutes, or until buttercream is firm. For best piping consistency, keep the remaining buttercream at room temperature.
• Transfer cake to rotating cake stand for easy decorating, or place on inverted cake pan to elevate. Fill pastry bag, fitted with #6B tip, with remaining buttercream. Starting at bottom of cake, pipe 1 1/4-inch stars around the base, then add stars in horizontal rows up sides and across top to completely cover cake.
• Place one gumdrop in the center of each buttercream star, creating a colorful pattern around the cake. Chill completed cake at least one hour before serving so buttercream is firm and set.

MOTHER MURPHY'S GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter well
• add sugar gradually to the creamed butter
• add egg yolks, flavouring and lemon rind and mix well
• add flour, baking powder and salt (keeping a little bit of the flour out to coat the gumdrops) mix well
• Add raisins, gumdrops, pineapple, cherries.... mix well
• Beat egg whites until stiff and add last to cake mixture
• Turn into angel cake pan (10") that has been greased and floured.
• Bake at 300-350 deg approx. 2 hours, till cake will spring back when touched.

GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and fold into creamed mixture alternately with water. Coat raisins and gumdrops with flour. Stir flavorings, gumdrops and raisins into creamed mixture.
• Mix well and pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

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.

GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and fold into creamed mixture alternately with water. Coat raisins and gumdrops with flour. Stir flavorings, gumdrops and raisins into creamed mixture.
• Mix well and pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

SWEET GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300° 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.