Gumdrop Cake

1 cup shortening
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups applesauce with 2 teaspoons
    baking soda dissolved in it
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups flour
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 pounds cut-up gumdrops
1 pound white raisins

Blend shortening, sugar, eggs and applesauce and baking soda mixture. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, vanilla extract and flour, alternating with nuts, gumdrops and raisins. Bake in a tube pan lined with brown sugar at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours. This does not need frosting.