Baking · Newfoundland

Gum Drop Cake

Coconut, crushed pineapple and a package of cherries in a big two hour cake.

A photo of coconut cake
Photo: Southern Foodways Alliance, CC BY 2.0
Total
2 hr 20 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
2 hr
Oven
300°F / 150°C
Ingredients
  • 3 ½ cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 3 tbsp crushed pineapple
  • 1 pkg cherries (8 oz)
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 ½ tsp lemon extract
Method
  1. Cream the butter and sugar.
  2. Add the eggs, coconut, pineapple, cherries and the lemon extract.
  3. Add the milk and the dry ingredients.
  4. Bake at 300 for 2 hours.

Notes

Titled Gum Drop Cake, but there are no gum drops in her list. The cherries and pineapple are doing that job.

Source: Nan's recipe book

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