Aunt Bessie's Blackberry Cake Recipe
- 3/4 c. Butter
- 1 c. Firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 x Large eggs
- 2 1/2 c. Flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Grnd allspice
- 1 tsp Grnd cinnamon
- 1 tsp Grnd nutmeg
- 3/4 c. Buttermilk
- 2 c. Blackberry jam, divided Whipped cream Freshly grated nutmeg
- Cream butter; gradually add in sugar, beating till light and fluffy.
- Add in Large eggs.
- One at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine next 5 ingredients.
- Add in dry ingredients to creamed mix alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mix.
- Mix in 3/4 c. blackberry jam.
- Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round cakepans.
- Bake at 350 for 25 min or possibly till a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cold in pans 10 min; remove from pans, and cold completely on a wire rack.
- Heat remaining 1 1/4 c. jam in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently.
- Brush melted jam between layers and on top and sides of cake; let stand till jam sets.
- Just before serving, top cake with whipped cream, and sprinkle with nutmeg.
- Yield; one2 layer cake.
butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, buttermilk, blackberry
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/aunt-bessie-s-blackberry-cake-71882 (may not work)