Kentucky jam cake
Kentucky jam cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup margarine, soft
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup seedless blackberry jam
- 3 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup chopped dates
- Frosting:
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 3 tablespoons butter
- Dash of salt
- 1/3 cup cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe method:
- Cream margarine and sugar until light.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add jam and beat well.
- Add sifted flour, baking soda, salt, cloves and allspice alternately with buttermilk, beating until smooth.
- Stir in nuts and dates.
- Pour into 4, 9 inch, layer pans, lined on the bottom with paper.
- Bake at 325 degrees F about 35 minutes.
- Cool and spread frosting between layers and on top of cake.
- Frosting:
- In large saucepan mix all ingredients.
- Bring to a boil. Cover and cook 3 minutes.
- Uncover and cook to 236 degrees F on a candy thermometer or until a small amount of mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water.
- Cool 5 minutes, then beat until thick. If too stiff, add a little hot water.
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