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Aunt Anita’s Jam Cake Recipe

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Cake
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon allspice
1 cup buttermilk
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 ½ cups self-rising flour
1 cup jam
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coconut
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 large pans.

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as you go. Stir in the cinnamon and allspice. Dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk; add to the mixture. Add flour, jam, raisins, vanilla, and coconut.

Divide the batter evenly between the pans. Bake for 45 minutes, until the cakes begin to pull away from the sides of the pans and the tops spring back when pressed lightly.

Let the cakes cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
 

Filling
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup evaporated milk
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tablespoon flour
2 eggs
1 cup raisins
1 cup nuts
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Mix milk, sugar, flour, and eggs in a saucepan. Cook until thick. Add remaining ingredients. Spread on cake layers.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
To make your own self-rising flour, mix 1 cup flour, 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Aunt Anita usually used seedless blackberry jam and walnuts in her cake.

 

 

 

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