Frosted Jam Cake

Name: Frosted Jam Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter softened; 2 cups sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 cups blackberry jam; 3 cups flour, unbleached all-purpose; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons allspice ground; 2 teaspoons cinnamon ground; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup raisins, seedless; 23 cup nuts chopped

12 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups blackberry jam
3 cups flour, unbleached all-purpose
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons allspice ground
2 teaspoons cinnamon ground
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup raisins, seedless
23 cup nuts chopped

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 350F (180C)., then grease and flour 3 9- inch cake pans.
2

Cream the butter and sugar until light then beat in the eggs and jam, blending well.
3

Sift the dry ingredients together and then add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk, to the creamed mixture, blending well after each addition.
4

Stir in the raisins and nuts.
5

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.
6

Cool for 5 minutes on wire racks and turn out of the cake pans to cool to room temperature.
7

When cool, spread with the warm frosting.