Blackberry Jam Cake

Total Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon clove, ground
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup sour milk
• 1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam
• 1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Recipe

• 1 cream together sugar and butter or margarine.
• 2 beat in eggs.
• 3 stir together flour, and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with butter/sour milk, beating til well blended after each addition.
• 4 fold in blackberry jam or preserves and nuts leaving swirls of jam. (do not overmix) turn into greased and lightly floured 9 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
• 5 bake at 350 degree f. oven 25 minutes or until done.
• 6 cool completely.
• 7 frost with carmel icing.
• 8 carmel icing:
• 9 in small saucepan, melt butter or margarine; stir in brown sugar.
• 10 cook stirring constantly, til mixture bubbles; remove from heat.
• 11 cool 5 minutes.
• 12 stir in milk and blend in powdered sugar; beat til spreading consistancy is reached.