Recipe Old Fashioned Jam Cake

Stir in the nuts if desired.

Recipe old fashioned jam cake. Using a mixer at medium speed beat the butter jams eggs milk and vanilla until smooth 2 minutes. Add jam beating until blended. Grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.

Gradually add sugar beating well. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the sugar.

To prepare the cake sift the flour and spices into a large mixing bowl. Add eggs 1 at a time beating until blended after each addition. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.

According to an old wives tale if you don t use homemade jam in your cake layers the fruit mixture will fall to the bottom of the pans along with an abundance of spices the original recipes also featured nuts of the region such as black walnuts and pecans and were iced with a satiny smooth caramel frosting. Gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with jam and buttermilk beating well after each addition.