Frosted jam cake

 
                              FROSTED JAM CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1       c            Butter, Softened
    2       c            Sugar
    4       lg           Eggs
    2       c            Jam (Blackberry Is
                         Recommended)
    3       c            Unbleached Flour
    1       t            Baking Powder
    1       t            Baking Soda
    2       ts           Ground Allspice
    2       ts           Ground Cinnamon
    1       c            Buttermilk
    1       c            Seedless Raisins
      2/3   c            Chopped Nuts
 
         This recipe comes from the Silver Leaf 1815 Inn in Lyles, Tenn.
   
   Preheat the oven to 350 degree F., then grease and flour 3 9-inch cake
   pans.
   
   Cream the butter and sugar until light then beat in the eggs and jam,
   blending well.  Sift the dry ingredients together and then add the dry
   ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk, to the creamed mixture,
   blending well after each addition.  Stir in the raisins and nuts. Pour the
   batter evenly into the prepared pans and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or
   until the cake tests done, in the preheated oven. Cool for 5 minutes on
   wire racks and turn out of the cake pans to cool to room temperature. When
   cool, spread with the warm frosting,
   
   From The Food Fare Section Rocky Mountain News September 3, 1986
  
 
 
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