Blackberry Jam Cake
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 1 cup sifted cake flour
- 2 tsp. sifted cake flour
- 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1 tbsp. margarine
- 2 eggs at room temperature, separated
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam
- 2 tsp. powdered sugar
- Coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 2 teaspoons flour; set aside.
- Heat milk and margarine over medium-high heat in a heavy saucepan to 180F or until tiny bubbles form around edge.
- Do not boil.
- Remove from heat; set aside.
- Beat egg whites (at room temperature) at high speed with electric mixer until foamy.
- Add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
- Add yolks; beat well.
- Combine remaining flour, baking powder, and salt.
- With mixer at low speed, add to egg white mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Stir in extracts.
- (batter will be thin.)
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 350F for 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan.
- Cool completely.
- Using a serrated knife, split cake in half horizontally; place bottom layer, cut side up, on a serving plate.
- Spread with jam; top with remaining layer, cut side down.
- Place paper doily on top; sift powdered sugar over doily.
vegetable cooking spray, cake flour, cake flour, milk, margarine, eggs, sugar, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract, almond extract, blackberry jam, powdered sugar
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/932 (may not work)