Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs, one at a time and cream after each addition. Add jam. Sift together soda, spices and 2 cups flour. Add remaining flour to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk, starting and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in raisins, nuts and vanilla. Pour into two greased 23 cm cake pans. Bake at 160ºC or 30-45 minutes, or til done. *See Susan Emmick's Caramel Icing