Name: Gum Drop Cake
Ingredients: 4 cups sifted flour; 1 Tbsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. cinnamon; ¼ tsp. cloves; ¼ tsp. salt; 1 lb. raisins; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter or oleo; 2 eggs; 1½ cups applesauce; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1 cup chopped nuts; 1 lb. small gumdrops (no black ones)

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Step 1: Put the gumdrops, nuts and raisins in a large pan, add a little flour and blend well.
Step 2: Sift together the flour, baking powder, spices and salt.
Step 3: Cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time.
Step 4: Add the flour mixture and applesauce alternately.
Step 5: Add the batter to the candy mixture.
Step 6: Line a tube cake pan with brown paper.
Step 7: Bake at 275°F for 2 hours.

What we changed or couldn’t read (3)

Nuts are printed as "1 chopped nuts" with no unit; 1 cup is a best guess.
"Flue cake pan" is read as a tube (flue) pan.
Vanilla is listed but not mentioned in the method.

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