Best Grandmas Jam Cake Recipes

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OLD FASHIONED JAM CAKE



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This cake is great the day you make it but even better if you let it sit in the fridge for 24 hours. This recipe came from Bernice Stahl.

Provided by Ceezie

Categories     Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 12-16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 19

3 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup blackberry jam
1 cup raspberry jam
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
2 cups packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup milk
8 teaspoons butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
  • To prepare the cake, sift the flour and spices into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat the butter, jams, eggs, milk, and vanilla until smooth, 2 minutes. Stir in the nuts, if desired.
  • Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans. Bake 18 to 23 minutes, until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove the layers from the pans to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • To prepare the icing, combine the brown sugar, milk, butter, and salt in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and add the confectioners' sugar. If the icing is too thick, add a little milk. Stir in nuts, if desired. Spread over one cake layer. Top with second layer; ice top. Top with third layer, ice top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 887.2, Fat 21.1, SaturatedFat 12.7, Cholesterol 122.2, Sodium 618.8, Carbohydrate 170.8, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 133.9, Protein 6.6

GRANDMA'S JAM CAKE



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Make this super easy and delicious cake, using jam, fruits, very little sugar and little oil that my grandma from Serbia taught me.

Provided by Valeria T.

Categories     Breakfast

Time 35m

Yield 1 cake, 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
2 tablespoons apricot jam
1/2 cup sunflower oil
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla sugar or 1/2 teaspoon extract
cinnamon
flour (as much needed)

Steps:

  • On a cheese grater, grate 1 apple and 1 banana and put them aside.
  • Preheat oven to 200 Celsius/400 Fahrenheit.
  • In a bowl, add water and jam and mix using a fork.
  • Add oil, cinnamon, vanilla, baking soda and sugar and mix well.
  • Start adding and mixing flour using a mixer until you have created a not-too-thick-not-too-runny batter.
  • Add the fruits to the mixture and mix gently with a fork.
  • Pour into a baking pan and bake for 20-30 minutes, depending on your oven.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 189.6, Fat 10.9, SaturatedFat 1.4, Sodium 71.8, Carbohydrate 24.2, Sugar 23.1, Protein 0.1

OLD-FASHIONED JAM CAKE



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I remember my Aunt Murna telling me she made this cake often when she was a young girl. Through the years, she made improvements to it, and her cake become a real family favorite. It has been a popular staple at our reunions.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 19

1 cup raisins
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 jar (12 ounces) or 1 cup blackberry jam
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans
CARAMEL ICING:
1 cup butter, cubed
2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup 2% milk
3-1/2 to 4 cups confectioners' sugar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 702 calories, Fat 30g fat (15g saturated fat), Cholesterol 116mg cholesterol, Sodium 353mg sodium, Carbohydrate 107g carbohydrate (86g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 6g protein.

GRANDMA'S JAM CAKE



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This was a special cake growing up. For us, it started with picking the blackberries so my grandmother could make the jam. My grandmother altered the recipie over the years, but I found this very old version in a letter written to my (then newlywed) mother. This would have been in the late 1950s. My grandmother wrote that she got the recipe from her grandmother, so that puts the recipe at about 100 years old. Jam cake just isn't the same without the crunch of the blackberry seeds. When I can't find jam with seeds, I add 1 tablespoon of poppyseeds for crunch.

Provided by gourmetmomma

Categories     < 60 Mins

Time 1h

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 20

1/2 cup lard (optional)
1/2 cup fresh butter
1/2 cup shortening (instead of the lard)
2 cups white sugar
2 large eggs or 3 small eggs
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup seeded blackberry jam
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
6 tablespoons strong black coffee
6 tablespoons softened butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 760.6, Fat 30.3, SaturatedFat 12, Cholesterol 71.7, Sodium 244.3, Carbohydrate 117.8, Fiber 3.2, Sugar 77.2, Protein 8.3

100 YEAR OLD JAM CAKE



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This is one of my great-grandmas recipes that is really special.I was told to let it age for a day then serve the next day for a richer taste.I put a carmel icing in the recipe but you can use any kind or leave it plain.

Provided by Rhonda Wheeler

Categories     Cakes

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 c butter
2 c sugar
4 eggs,beaten
3 1/2 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp allspice, ground
2 tsp cinnamon, ground
6 Tbsp milk or buttermilk
2 c strawberry jam
1 1/2 stick butter
1/2 c cream or milk
2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tsp vanilla
confectioners sugar

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.

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