Yum, this is a very moist spice cake. You can use any variety of jam you wish or that you screwed up. Another name for this recipe can be "How to Use the Jam that Didn't Set Up Well Besides Pretending that it is Syrup".
Ingredients:
3 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg or mace
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts or a mix of both
1 cup raisins or chopped dates or Craisins or whatever dried fruit, optional
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup blackberry jam, seedless (you can use any variety of jam)
1 cup buttermilk or do the milk and vinegar thing.
Directions:
Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, soda, salt, and spices. Sift a little of the flour mixture over the nuts and raisins or dates or whatever dried fruit you're using.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter; gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and jam. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat until smooth after each addition. Fold in nuts and raisins or dates or whatever dried fruit you're using.
Pour into three 9-inch layer cake pans and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes. Spread cream cheese frosting or your own favorite icing between layers and over cake.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 lb. confectioners' sugar, sifted
Directions
Using an electric mixer or really big muscles, mix the butter and cream cheese and vanilla, then add in the confectioner's sugar. Mix until smooth. Spread on cake. Will cover a 2-layer cake. Be sure to lick the bowl. Yum.
Source: Base recipe found at southernfood.about.com
Hi Frazzled Leslie! I'm sure your berries in syrup would work. The recipe is incredibly forgiving; you might just need to bake it a little longer. The crushed pineapple would probably work too, but I'd drain the juice on that one (and drink it)! Have fun!
I don't "jam", but I have a couple of cans of blackberries in syrup that were given to me. Could I drain them and smash the berries? Would the recipe work with crushed pineapple instead?
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Recipe: Jam Cake (07/23/2009)
Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Sift flour with cinnamon, cloves and allspice; dissolve soda in sour cream.
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Recipe: Jam Cake
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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
Butter Cream Icing:
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
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RE: Jam Cake
This sounds really good. And easy. Gotta try this one.
Val (11/28/2007)
