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Old-Fashioned Jam Cake Recipe

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Cake
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup blackberry jam
1 cup raspberry jam
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans, optional
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
To prepare cake, sift flour and spices into a large bowl. Stir in sugar. Add butter, jams, eggs, milk and vanilla; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in nuts, if using.
Divide batter among pans. Bake 18 to 23 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove cake from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.
 

Caramel Icing
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup milk
8 tsp butter
1/8 tsp salt
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup chopped pecans, optional
Directions:
Directions:
To prepare icing, combine brown sugar, milk, butter and salt in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add confectioners' sugar. If the icing is too thick, add a little milk. Stir in nuts, if using. Spread over one cake layer. Top with second layer, ice top. Top with third layer; ice top.

 

 

 

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