Gumdrop Garden Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pkg 2 layer size yellow cake mix
• 1 pkg 4 serving size lemon flavor pudding and pie filling
• 1 cup dairy sour cream
• ⅓ cup salad oil
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup lemon butter frosting butter or margarine
• 1½ tsp lemon butter frosting grated lemon rind
• 1 lb lemon butter frosting powdered sugar, sifted
• ⅛ tsp lemon butter frosting salt
• ¼ cup lemon butter frosting; about lemon juice
• gumdrop flowers granulated sugar
• gumdrop flowers assorted gumdrops

Method

1. Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, dairy sour cream, salad oil and eggs in a large mixer bowl. Blend at low speed of an electric mixer just to moisten, scraping the sides of the bowl often. Then beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour the batter into a 10-inch tube pan which has been lined on the bottom with paper.
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and finish cooling on a rack. Frost with Lemon Butter Frosting and decorate with Gumdrop Flowers.
3. Lemon Butter Frosting: Cream the butter with the lemon rind. Gradually beat in part of the sugar, blending well. Add the salt; then add the remaining sugar alternately with the lemon juice, until of spreading consistency, beating thoroughly after each addition. Yield: 2 1/2 cups.
4. Gumdrop Flowers: Sprinkle a pastry board with granulated sugar. Flatten fresh gumdrops with a rolling pin until about 1/6-inch thick, turning frequently to coat with sugar. Cut the flattened gumdrops into round, triangular or square shapes. Form cornucopias with several round shapes or overlap pointed ends of triangular shapes, pinching one end. Arrange several petals in a circle, overlapping pinched ends and pressing the ends firmly together. Cut small flower, square and circular shapes from small flattened gumdrops; use as centers for flowers. Attach the centers to flowers. Let the flowers stand overnight to dry.

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The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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