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christmas gumdrop bundt cake with raisins festive baking recipe

Festive Christmas Gumdrop Bundt Cake With Raisins

Amber Bondar
This easy Christmas gumdrop bundt cake with raisins is super festive. The colorful baking gums give a twist to a traditional white fruitcake batter. The gumdrop cake comes together easily in a matter of minutes and bakes up to a delicious holiday dessert kids old and young will love.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Servings 12
Calories 348 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Tool Electric Hand Or Stand Mixer-Or mixing implement for handmixing
  • Large Mixing Bowl
  • measuring cup
  • Tablespoon
  • Teaspoon
  • Bundt Pan Tube Pan or Two Loaf Pans

Ingredients
  

  • ½ Cup Butter Softened
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 2 Lrg Eggs
  • 2 Drops Orange Essences Or One Tsp Extract
  • 2½ Cup All-Purpose Flour +1 tsp for dusting
  • 2½ Tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • ½ Cup Milk
  • 1 Cup Gumdrops Baking Gums
  • 1½ Cup Sultana Raisins

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 325℉
  • In large mixing bowl cream the softened butter with the sugar.
    ½ Cup Butter, 1 Cup Sugar
  • Add in the eggs and blend well.
    2 Lrg Eggs
  • Add the orange essence and mix well.
    2 Drops Orange Essences
  • Measure in the flour, baking powder and salt. Begin mixing then pause.
    2½ Cup All-Purpose Flour, 2½ Tsp Baking Powder, ½ Tsp Salt
  • Add in the milk and continue mixing until it forms a thick batter.
    ½ Cup Milk
  • Measure the baking gums in a cup and dust with half a teaspoon of flour. Add to the cake batter.
    1 Cup Gumdrops
  • Repeat measuring and dusting the raisins and add to the cake batter as well. Folding well to mix in both baking gums and raisins.
    1½ Cup Sultana Raisins
  • Grease the bundt cake pan.
  • Pour the cake batter into the bundt pan. Level it around.
  • Bake on center rack for 1 1/2 hr-1 3/4 hours depending on oven.
  • Test for doneness. Remove from oven when baked to wire cooling rack.
  • Let cool in pan for 1/2 hour. Then invert pan to continue cooling. Cake should slide out on its own.
  • Use knife to help loosen sides of the cake if needed.
  • Decorate the cooled cake with a light dusting of icing sugar, sugared glaze, or serve plain.
  • Store cake on the counter covered for up to three days.

Nutrition

Calories: 348kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 4gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 180mgPotassium: 199mgFiber: 2gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 254IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 2mg
Keyword bundt cake, Christmas baking, Christmas cake, Fruitcake
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