Jam Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. cloves
• 1 tsp. allspice
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups blackberry jam

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1 /2 cups whipping cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (opt.)

Directions

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Sift flour with cinnamon, cloves and allspice; dissolve soda in sour cream. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Stir in jam. Pour batter into four 8 inch layer pans and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake pulls away from side of pan.

For Icing: Mix sugar, butter and cream and cook over low heat to soft ball stage or 238 degrees F. Remove from heat; add vanilla and cool slightly. Beat until right consistency for spreading. Add nuts if desired and ice between layers on top and sides of cake.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Answers:

Jam Cake

This sounds really good. And easy. Gotta try this one.
Val (11/28/2007)

By valery