Heritage Jam Cake

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter milk
• 3 cups flour, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup grape jam

1. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Set aside.
2. Dissolve soda in buttermilk; stir well. Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, salt, and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Combine dates and pecans; dredge in remaining flour. Fold into batter. Carefully fold grape jam into batter.
3. Pour batter into 2 waxed paper - lined and greased 9 - inch round cake pans. Bake at 350u0b0 for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove layers from pans, and let cool completely.
4. Spread hot Kentucky Fruit Filling between layers and on top of cooled cake.

butter, sugar, eggs, baking soda, butter milk, flour, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, allspice, dates, pecans, grape jam

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/heritage-jam-cake (may not work)