100 Year Old Jam Cake
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This old school recipe is a classic. This jam cake <#> is delicious and
easy to make. Try making it for a potluck, a bake sale or company.
Everyone is sure to love it.
Ingredients
* 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine
* 2 cups sugar
* 6 eggs
* 3 1/2 cups cake flour <#>
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 2 teaspoons ground allspice
* 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 6 tablespoons buttermilk
* 2 cups strawberry jam
Instructions
1. Cream soft butter. Add sugar slowly, beating until creamy. Add eggs
(room temperature) one at a time. Beat well after each egg. Have
flour mixture ready. Sift all-purpose flour and measure. Then sift
again with baking soda and spices.
2. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Mix to blend well.
Mixing this cake requires about 25 to 30 minutes. Last of all fold
in strawberry jam. If berries are quite large chop fine.
3. Take four square 8-inch layer cake pans <#> 2 inches deep and brush
bottom of pans lightly with salt free shortening or salad oil. Flour
well. Pour batter into pans and level the batter with spatula. Tap
the pans lightly against the counter to remove any air bubbles.
4. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F) about 30-40 minutes or until
done. Cool on cake rack 5 minutes, then turn out onto cake rack to
cool completely before icing.
5. Frost with Uncooked Caramel Icing. Uncooked Caramel Icing 1 1/2
stick butter 1/2 cup cream 2 cups dark brown sugar <#> (or more for
richer caramel flavor) 2 teaspoons pure vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt
Confectioner's sugar (enough to make spreadable consistency) Melt
butter and cream together. While hot, stir in brown sugar. Cool and
stir in vanilla. Stir in salt and sifted confectioner's sugar, as
needed.
Notes
The secret to the cake is aging. Make it, then let it sit a couple of
days before cutting it.
Read more at
http://www.recipelion.com/Cake-Recipes/100-Year-Old-Jam-Cake#zUOpzFBtV0vboz5V.99
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*Ginny Butterfield
Cranberry Twp, PA
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