Jam cake

Jam cake

Ingredients/Components

• sugar - 2 c
• eggs - 4 item
• vanilla - 1 tsp
• salt - 1/4 tsp
• chopped nuts - 1 c
• flour - 3 c
• nutmeg - 1 Tbsp
• soda - 1 tsp
• buttermilk - 1 c
• shortening or oleo - 1 c
• cut dates - 2/3 c
• jar jam or jelly - 1 pt
• ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves - 1 tsp

How to make jam cake:

Sift all dry ingredients, except soda. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well each time. Add jam or jelly and part of the dry ingredients. Mix nuts and dates with rest of the dry ingredients. Stir soda into buttermilk and add alternately with dry ingredients. Add vanilla. Beat well. Bake layers about 30 minutes or loaf cake about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cakes, Grains.