Holiday Gumdrop Cake

Ingredients:
- 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

Directions:
- 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.