Blackberry Jam Cake I

Blackberry jam is folded into the batter of this bundt cake. After baking the cake is given a confectioners' sugar glaze.

• Calories: 314 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup blackberry preserves

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa, cinnamon, and allspice.

Step 2

Dissolve soda in buttermilk, stirring well.

Step 3

Cream butter or margarine and sugar, beating well. Add egg yolks, beating mixture well. Mix flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in blackberry jam. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch bundt pan.

Step 4

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool complete.

Step 5

Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, butter or margarine, and vanilla. Beat until mixture is smooth. Spoon over cooled cake