1. Home
  2. Food & Drink
  3. Southern Food

Southern Jam Cake

By Diana Rattray, About.com

Scroll down to see more jam cake recipes.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup raisins or chopped dates, optional
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup blackberry jam
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Preparation:

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. In a mixing bowl, cream butter; gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and blackberry jam. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat until smooth after each addition. Fold in nuts and raisins or dates. Pour into three 9-inch layer cake pans and bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes. Spread a buttercream or cream cheese icing between layers and over cake.

Related Cakes
Kentucky Jam Cake
Southern Jam Cake II
Kentucky Whiskey Cake
Kentucky Butter Cake

More Frosting Recipes
Seven Minute Frosting Recipe
Fluffy White Frosting Recipe
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Fluffy Cocoa Frosting
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
Alice's Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
Orange Frosting Recipe
Fudge Frosting
Chocolate Fudge Frosting, 2-Layer
Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe for Two Layer Cake
Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Creamy Butter Frosting Recipe
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Cake Mix Recipes
Cake Recipes
Chocolate Cake Index
Frosting Recipes
Pound Cakes
Sponge Cakes
Angel Food Cakes
Spice Cake Recipes
Cheesecakes
Icing Recipes
Cake Recipes
Brownies and Bars

Slow Cooker Recipes | Casseroles | Main Recipe Index
Weekly Crockpot Recipe Newsletter

User Reviews Write Review

Explore Southern Food

More from About.com

  1. Home
  2. Food & Drink
  3. Southern Food
  4. Dessert and Cake Recipes
  5. Cake Recipes
  6. Berry Cakes
  7. Southern Jam Cake Recipe - Recipe for Jam Cake with Blackberry Jam

©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.