Jam Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 cup jam or 1 cup preserves (flavor of your choice; we usually use strawberry or grape)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 3 sift dry ingredients together.
• 4 add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• 5 stir in vanilla.
• 6 fold jam (or preserves) into cake mixture.
• 7 turn into well-greased tube (angel food) or bundt pan.
• 8 bake at 300 deg f for 15 minutes, then raise heat to 350 deg f and bake 45 minutes.
• 9 let cool 15 minutes.
• 10 sift powdered sugar over it while still warm.