Jam Cake
From blueeyes68ky 16 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 0
This was my mom's recipe. I don't know where she got it. She used berries with juice in the cake. This is a rich moist cake. I don't know about the servings. This is also a good cake to make and give for Christmas or just bake for yourself.
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups of All-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teas. Soda shopping list
- 1 teas. baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 cup cocoa shopping list
- 1 scant teaspoon of each nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teas salt shopping list
- 2 1/4 cups of sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup shortening shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 cup berries with juice shopping list
- 1 teas vanilla shopping list
- 1 Cup buttermilk shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon vinegar shopping list
- 1/3 cup hot water shopping list
How to make it
- In a bowl mix together flour, soda, baking powder, cocoa, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cinnamon and salt. You can also sift this 3 times with a sifter.
- In a large bowl mix the sugar, shortening, eggs. Add the berries with juice and vanilla.
- Mix together the buttermilk and vinegar.
- Add buttermilk mixture and flour mixture alternately to the cake mixture mix that well. Then add 1/3 cup of hot water and mix well.
- Pour in 3 large layer cake pans that have been greased and floured. Bake at 350 degress F about 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool a bit. Then turn out to cool.
- Carmel Icing
- In a heavy pan add 2 cups of brown sugar ( do not pack down)
- Half or less cup of milk
- Heat to boiling. Let boil about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat Add 3 tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir and let cool.
- When completely cool mix enough confectionery sugar until it will spread easily. Put Icing on cake.
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- Note: I have also made this cake in a 9 x 13-inch pan and also a bundt cake pan. Cook time won't be the same but you still need to cook until tooth pick inserted in center come out clean.
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