I make jam cakes every year for Christmas. My mother made them before me. They are truly a southern tradition in our family.Old Fashioned Southern Jam Cake
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup raisins
1 cup smuckers seedless blackberry jam
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp.baking powder
1 tsp.cinnamon
1 tsp.nutmeg
1 tsp.cloves
1 tsp.allspice
1/2 tsp.salt
1 tsp.vanilla
1 cup finely chopped pecans
3 eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray or flour 2 (9 inch) round baking pans. Put all ingredients into a large bowl except pecans and mix well on low. Increase speed to high until sugar is completely dissolved. Fold in pecans and pour into pans. Bake 40 minutes or until cake pulls away from side of pans. Remove cake from pans and add caramel icing.
(This cake is a holiday tradition in our family. I have made it every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas for many years. It always turns out great)
Caramel Frosting
2 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
2 tsps. vanilla
3 tbsps. white corn syrup
4 1/2 tbsps milk
2 1/4 cups confectioners sugar
Melt all ingredients except confectioners sugar on top of stove. Remove from heat and add sugar. Stir or cool until it has a glazed look and is of spreading consistency. Spread on cake.
(This frosting will do the jam cake above. If you make it in a long pan, you can half the recipe for frosting but with the layered pans I use the amounts above. This frosting is great on any cake.)
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I wish I had one of your Jam cakes right now. They are so delicious! Best cake in the world!!!
This looks great. I have a Christmas party Monday night with my knitting group and I wonder if they wouldn’t make lovely cupcakes. hmmm.
wow, you’ve outdone yourself now! I know what a chore and how expensive making a Jam Cake can be! Mom usually makes one , but since she’s fighting sinus cancer, she hasn’t done a lot of cooking.
Your Caramel Icing is an interesting choice. Is this your traditional frosting? I love me some Caramel Icing and I’m just wondering what kind of flavor this adds to the Jam Cake.
Mom usually makes a cooked icing with coconut, raisins and pecans.
Your recipes look so yummy! I’m lovin’ all this Southern Goodness.
We might have to do some kind of cookie or cake exchange, kinda like a taste testing of blog recipes!
Oh look at that icing!