Best 7 Gum Drop Cake Recipes

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**Gum Drop Cake: A Sweet and Colorful Treat**

Indulge in the delightful flavors and vibrant colors of the classic Gum Drop Cake. This charming dessert is sure to be a hit at any gathering, bringing joy and sweetness to every bite. With its moist and fluffy vanilla cake base, creamy and decadent cream cheese frosting, and an assortment of colorful gum drops adorning the top, this cake is a visual and culinary masterpiece. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, our collection of Gum Drop Cake recipes offers something for everyone. From the traditional version to unique variations featuring different flavors and decorations, we've got you covered. So, let's embark on a sweet journey and discover the magic of Gum Drop Cake.

**Recipes available in the article:**

1. **Classic Gum Drop Cake:** Experience the timeless flavors of the original Gum Drop Cake with this classic recipe. Simple yet elegant, this cake is made with a moist vanilla cake base, creamy cream cheese frosting, and an array of colorful gum drops.

2. **Chocolate Gum Drop Cake:** Indulge in a rich and decadent twist on the classic with our Chocolate Gum Drop Cake. Featuring a fudgy chocolate cake base, creamy chocolate frosting, and an assortment of colorful gum drops, this cake is a chocolate lover's dream.

3. **Red Velvet Gum Drop Cake:** Celebrate special occasions with our stunning Red Velvet Gum Drop Cake. With its vibrant red velvet cake base, creamy cream cheese frosting, and an array of colorful gum drops, this cake is sure to make a statement.

4. **Funfetti Gum Drop Cake:** Bring a touch of whimsy and fun to your dessert table with our Funfetti Gum Drop Cake. Made with a colorful funfetti cake base, creamy vanilla frosting, and an assortment of colorful gum drops, this cake is perfect for birthdays, parties, and other joyous events.

Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!

GUMDROP CAKE



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This is a very easy and colorful Christmas cake. It would make a fantastic centerpiece dessert for a Christmas buffet.

Provided by susan

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Fruitcake Recipes

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup gumdrops, chopped
1 cup raisins
¼ cup all-purpose flour for coating

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 626 calories, Carbohydrate 105.6 g, Cholesterol 104.6 mg, Fat 20.4 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 7.4 g, SaturatedFat 12.2 g, Sodium 584.3 mg, Sugar 64.7 g

GUMDROP CAKE



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Gumdrops stud the surface of this domed cake. Icing is piped out in starburst dots. You can't go wrong -- just start piping at the bottom and work your way up.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes     Fillings & Frostings     Buttercream Frosting Recipes

Yield Makes 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 16

Unsalted butter, for pans
1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for pans
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
6 egg whites
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Gumdrops, for decorating

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.

GUM DROP CAKE



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I grew up with this as a boy. My mom would make this at Christmas every year for me. Oh, how I loved this.

Provided by Jim McGuire

Categories     Candies

Time 2h15m

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 c butter
1 c sugar
2 1/2 c gum drops
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 c chopped nuts
6 eggs
2 c flour
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 Tbsp orange peel grated
2 Tbsp lemon peel grated

Steps:

  • 1. Beat butter and sugar together and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Combine flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  • 2. Reserve 1/4 mix with gum drops and nuts. Stir remainder alternately with creamed butter/sugar mixture. Stir in gum drops and nuts and peels.
  • 3. Spread batter in greased and floured tube pan.
  • 4. Bake 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
  • 5. Remove immediately from pan.....cool and wrap.

GUMDROP CAKE



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I don't use baking gums for this. Those things are horrid. If you wouldn't eat them right out of the bag, don't bake with them. Don't use any black ones. Ganong are the best-they don't make black ones. The easiest way to cut them is with scissors dipped in flour.

Provided by cuisinebymae

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 lb gumdrop (no black ones)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1 cup milk

Steps:

  • Cream butter and shortening together.
  • Gradually beat in sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  • Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Cut up the gumdrops into the flour mixture and stir to coat them with the flour.
  • Add vanilla and lemon extracts to milk.
  • Fold dry ingredients into batter alternately with milk mixture.
  • (3 dry and 2 milk additions, starting and ending with dry).
  • Spoon batter into greased and floured tube pan.
  • Bake at 300F for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until done.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 7723.8, Fat 272.8, SaturatedFat 143.3, Cholesterol 1579.7, Sodium 2457.5, Carbohydrate 1250.6, Fiber 10.6, Sugar 771.5, Protein 80.1

HOLIDAY GUMDROP CAKE



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This is my Mom's recipe for Gumdrop cake that she use to make, It is a family favorite. Easy to make. She always left the gumdrops whole or used the small spiced gumdrops.

Provided by Barb G.

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in a little hot water)
1 1/2 lbs gumdrops
2 cups sugar
4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
1 cup nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Grease and flour Bunt or angle food cake pan.
  • Cream butter add eggs and sugar.
  • Mix applesauce, soda, nutmeg and cinnamon together.
  • Add to butter and egg mixture.
  • Add gumdrops, nuts to flour and salt.
  • (Mix to dredge).
  • Add the flour-salt-gumdrop-nut mixture, mix thoughly.
  • Pour into prepared pan and bake 1-1/2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 9407.6, Fat 271.3, SaturatedFat 130.4, Cholesterol 911, Sodium 4638.5, Carbohydrate 1686, Fiber 38, Sugar 897.5, Protein 95.2

SIMPLE GUM DROP FLOWER CAKE



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Gum drops make the petals of this incredibly easy flower cake. Use a rolling pin to roll the gum drops into petal shapes!

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h25m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix
Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
45 sugar-coated gum drops in assorted colors
1 miniature marshmallow

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.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice

GUM DROP CAKE



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Not everyone likes fruitcake but I have the solution. My friend gave this to me cause I do not like fruitcake. Its different and it does tatse good. See if you like it or fool someone and tell them its a fruitcake.

Provided by Zelda Hopkins @Zelda51

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup(s) shortening
1 cup(s) sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
1 tablespoon(s) hot water
1 cup(s) chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cup(s) applesauce, unsweetened
1 teaspoon(s) clove, ground
1 teaspoon(s) salt
4 cup(s) all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
2 cup(s) gumdrops
1 pound(s) raisins in water til plump

Steps:

  • Combine shortening and sugar until well blended. Add eggs-- beat well. Sift flour and combine cloves, salt, and soda.Add to drained raisins, gum drops, and nuts. Toss and coat well with flour. Add to batter along with sauce and water. Turn into Greased bundt pan. Bake for 2 hours in 275 degree oven.this is a very dense batter so muscle up .

Tips:

  • For a softer cake, use cake flour instead of all-purpose flour.
  • Make sure the eggs and butter are at room temperature before you start baking. This will help the cake to rise evenly.
  • Do not overmix the batter. Overmixing can make the cake tough.
  • Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let the cake cool completely before frosting it.

Conclusion:

Gumdrop cake is a classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It is easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With a few simple ingredients, you can create a delicious and festive cake that will be enjoyed by everyone.

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