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BEST SOUTHERN LAYERED JAM CAKE

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Best Southern Layered Jam Cake is a rich and robust celebration cake made with blackberry jam and warm spices. #cake #baking #baked #recipe #layercake #spicecake #jamcake #Southernfood #Southern #southernrecipe #oldfashioned #moist #easy via @pmctunejones

Best Southern Layered Jam Cake is a rich and robust celebration cake made with blackberry jam and warm spices.

Best Southern Layered Jam Cake is a rich and robust celebration cake made with blackberry jam and warm spices. #cake #baking #baked #recipe #layercake #spicecake #jamcake #Southernfood #Southern #southernrecipe #oldfashioned #moist #easy

If you search the internet for a ‘Jam Cake’ you’ll get mostly recipes that have jam as the filling between the layers of cake. However, this Jam Cake actually has the jam in the cake. It’s a very old recipe. Originally, my grandmother made it when my dad was young. It was his favorite cake at the time.

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Years ago, this was primarily a ‘special occasion’ cake. The majority of the South was poor and couldn’t afford such a decadent cake with jam and multiple spices like in this cake very often. That’s why Southern desserts such as bread pudding, rice pudding, and milk toast were staples. They didn’t waste any food so leftovers were often turned into something else. Old bread was turned into bread pudding, leftover rice into rice pudding. You get the picture. 😉

 

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BEST SOUTHERN LAYERED JAM CAKE TIPS

I used seedless blackberry jam for my cake, but you can use strawberry or blueberry jam. I recommend using a seedless jam regardless of the flavor you use.

As well, I put a cup of finely chopped pecans in my batter. I prefer the flavor of pecans over walnuts. However, you can use walnuts or you can leave out nuts totally.

Always sift your flour before measuring it. Then, use the Spoon & Sweep method to measure it. After sifting, use a spoon to fill the measuring cup with flour then level the top with the back of a knife. 

The cake itself isn’t overly sweet. However, the caramel frosting is very decadent. After all, it is caramel!

You can also make this cake in a 9×13-inch baking pan. I haven’t tried it in a bundt pan.

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CARAMEL FROSTING

Caramel frosting pairs perfectly with the spices in this cake. I tried to talk myself into going with different icing, but I just couldn’t. Traditionally, my grandmother would frost her jam cakes with caramel.

Here are just a few tips regarding the frosting.

  1. Yes, four cups of packed brown sugar is correct. It is a lot of sugar. (This recipe makes a lot of frosting, probably more than most people like on a cake. However, halving the recipe doesn’t result in enough to frost a three-layer cake and I haven’t wanted to work with trying to reduce the recipe 3/4ish.)
  2. Use real butter.
  3. Why add baking powder? Ok, the short answer is: It creates air bubbles which ultimately keeps the icing softer.

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Although I don’t always post Southern recipes, I have made an effort to post a lot of old-fashioned Southern favorite recipes like this Jam Cake that my family has enjoyed over the years. Here are several more old-fashioned Southern favorites.

  1. Caramel Pie
  2. Chocolate Pie
  3. Pecan Pie
  4. Fig Preserve Pound Cake
  5. Chess Pie
  6. Buttermilk Pie
  7. Butter Roll
  8. No Yeast Cinnamon Rolls
  9. Cornbread Dressing
  10. Squash Casserole
  11. Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake

Best Southern Layered Jam Cake is a rich and robust celebration cake made with blackberry jam and warm spices. #cake #baking #baked #recipe #layercake #spicecake #jamcake #Southernfood #Southern #southernrecipe #oldfashioned #moist #easy

Best Southern Layered Jam Cake is a rich and robust celebration cake made with blackberry jam and warm spices. #cake #baking #baked #recipe #layercake #spicecake #jamcake #Southernfood #Southern #southernrecipe #oldfashioned #moist #easy
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4.8 from 5 votes

Best Southern Layered Jam Cake

An impressive celebration cake with robust flavors from jam and warm spices.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time26 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American/Southern
Keyword: blackberries, bundt cake, cinnamon, jam
Servings: 16 slices
Calories: 573kcal
Author: Paula

Ingredients

CAKE

  • 1 cup butter unsalted, at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon dried ginger
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 cup blackberry jam seedless
  • 1 cup buttermilk at room temperature

CARAMEL FROSTING

  • 4 cups brown sugar packed
  • ½ cup butter real butter, no substitute
  • 5 ounces whole milk
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon heavy cream

Instructions

CAKE

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F.
  • Grease and flour three 8-inch cake pans with solid vegetable shortening and flour or Wilton Cae release. I also wrap Wilton Cake Strips around my pans so that the cake bakes flat without a dome in the middle of the layer.
  • In the bowl of your electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides.
  • With the mixer on low, add the eggs one at a time allowing the yolk to disappear into the mixture before adding the next egg. Stop your mixer and scrape the sides.
  • In a separate bowl, add the sifted flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
  • To your butter/sugar mixer in the bowl of your electric mixer, add the jam, once it's incorporated add 1/3 of the flour mixture. Next add 1/2 of the buttermilk, followed by another 1/3 flour, 1/2 buttermilk, and final 1/3 flour.
  • Stop the mixer and scrape the sides. Mix to incorporate everything one last time.
  • Pour the batter equally into your prepared 8-inch cake pans. Smooth the top evenly. Bake for 24 to 27 minutes at 350°F. You can test the cakes by inserting a wooden pick into the center of the cake. If it comes out with dry crumbs or no crumbs the cake is done.
  • Cool in the cake pan for 10 minutes before inverting on a wire rack to cool completely. Frost after the layers have cooled completely.

CARAMEL FROSTING

  • Bring the sugar, butter, milk, and salt to a boil. Boil 3 minutes stirring often.
  • Remove from the heat. Add baking powder and vanilla. Beat at med speed with an electric mixer for 5 minutes or until it begins to get thick.
  • Stir in 1 tablespoon heavy cream.
  • Place one cake layer on your cake stand. Level the layer is it's taller in the center. Then, pour about 3/4 cup caramel over the cake. I allow it to drip down the sides naturally but you can frost it traditionally on the sides. Work fast frosting the cake, as the frosting cools it gets thick and harder to work with.
  • Top the bottom later with another layer and pour icing over it.
  • Finally, place the third cake layer on the others and pour caramel icing over it. This recipe makes enough to frost a 3 layer cake and sides.
Tried this recipe? Comment below orMention @Paula_callmepmc or tag #callmepmc!

Nutrition

Calories: 573kcal | Carbohydrates: 98g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 367mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 77g | Vitamin A: 635IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 2mg

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Comments

  1. David Roehrig says

    12.21.20 at 12:48 pm

    Hey Paula,
    What serves as the leavening agent in the cake recipe?
    Don’t we need a little baking powder in here?
    Thanks,
    David

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    • Paula says

      12.22.20 at 3:44 pm

      The baking soda is the leavening agent. I used one teaspoon. You could probably use baking powder and get the same result.

      Reply
  2. Ellon says

    11.26.20 at 1:52 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for posting the recipe. I had all my cookbooks boxed away (in the process of moving). If I could give 10 stars; I would. A true Southern Blackberry Jam cake.

    Reply
    • Paula says

      11.26.20 at 6:39 pm

      Thank you so much!!

      Reply

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