100 Year Old Blackberry Jam Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cake:.
• In the original recipe, my grandmother starts out by insisting that this be mixed BY HAND with a wooden spoon for 500 strokes. The mixer works fine. The original recipe was written for half lard and half butter (fresh churned), but in the letter my grandmother mentioned that she had started using shortening instead of the lard.
• Cream shortening and sugars.
• Add eggs, jam, and vanilla. Mix well.
• Sift all dry ingredients and add to the creamed sugar mixture. Mix well.
• Add buttermilk and nuts and mix by hand.
• This makes 3 round layers of a 8 or 9 inch layer cake. Bake 350 for 30 minutes or until done. Allow layers to cool before frosting.
• Icing:.
• For the frosting, my grandmother's original instructions called for using the leftover coffee that had been sitting on the stove all day keeping warm. I find that making up a cup of coffee with espresso powder works well. You do want a strong mocha flavor for the icing.
• Mix all the icing ingredients using a mixer. It will be a stiff icing.
• Making layer cakes must have been common back in the early 50s, because my grandmother didn't even bother to write down instructions for making icing or assembling the cake. She just listed the ingredients and how to make stong coffee. Needless to say, assemble like any other layer cake.

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and add sugar slowly. Beat till creamy.
• 2. Add eggs (room temperature) one at a time beating after each egg.
• 3. Sift flour.Then sift 3 1/2 cups flour again with baking soda and spices..
• 4. Add flour mixture alternately with milk. Blend all ingredients together well.
• 5. Mix cake at least 10 minutes.
• 6. Fold in strawberry jam.
• 7. Grease and flour cake pans and pour batter in them. Can use 13x9" or bundt cake pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-40 minutes till golden brown.
• 8. CARMEL ICING: mix 1 1/2 cups melted butter and brown sugar. Add 1/2 cup of milk or cream and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. Add enough confectioners sugar to make spreadable consistency.About 1 box.Frost cake while warm.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine raisins and pineapple; let stand for at least 30 minutes. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with jam and buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisin mixture and nuts. , Spread into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For icing, in a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in sugar and milk. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool until just warm. Pour into a large bowl; beat in enough confectioners' sugar to achieve a spreading consistency. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake.