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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".
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.
Source: Base recipe found at southernfood.about.com
By Stephanie from Anchorage, AK
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I don't know about you, but I never have any luck with those no-cook and freezer jam recipes. For me they always turn out runny.
Today I was in the dairy section of the grocery store. Those fruit-on-the-bottom yogurts and tiny servings of cottage cheese with dabs of jam are so expensive, yet so tempting. Well, I remembered the jars of peach jam in my freezer. The jam is delicious, and tastes like a sunny summer day, but is too thin to put on toast.
I like this idea so much, I am planning on making some batches of low-sugar, runny jams just to have on hand for a quick treat.
By Free2B from North Royalton, OH
If your jelly absoluty refuses to set up, even after cooking it back down the second time, just call it by another name!
Last year I had one batch of apple jelly that just refused to jell, but it tasted great. So, we just canned it as it was, and labled in pancake syrup or ice cream topping.
By mom-from-missouri from NW, MO
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I stumbled on this site because it offered several remedies to fix my too thin jellies/jams. I am not a big recipe follower; always "knowing" that something else would taste great in the recipe. 95% of the trials turn out and I end up divulging my "secret" to a number of others.
To fix my too thin jellies/jams, the "air-dry method" is great. In the event one ends up with still too thin preserves label the mistakes "Glaze/Topping" and use for cheese cakes, thumbprint cookies, drizzle for cakes, baked cookies, syrups for waffles/pancakes, and french toast even a sweetener for teas.
Remember there are few real bad "mistakes" and lots of NEW uses/ideas.
By frys2go from Muncy Valley, PA
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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
This sounds really good. And easy. Gotta try this one.
Val (11/28/2007)
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