Ingredients
- 9 round cake pans
- 4 eggs
- 3 1/2 c confectioners sugar
- 2 c butter
- 2 c brown sugar
- 1 c homemade blackberry jam
- 2 1/2 c all purpose flour
- 8 oz pineapple with juice (crushed)
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c raisins
- 5/8 c buttermilk
- 1 c pecans
- 1/2 c milk
- 3/8 c unsweetened cocoa
- 1 ts baking soda
- 1 ts cinnamon (ground)
- 1 ts nutmeg (ground)
minutes or until cakes test done. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack before removing to rack. For icing, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and milk; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Cool just until warm; beat in enough confectioners' sugar until icing is of spreading consistency. Add more sugar for thicker icing; more milk to thin it. Frost cooled Mrs. Robinson Note: I remember Aunt Murna telling me that she created her Jam Cake recipe as a very young girl. Through the years she made improvements, such as soaking the raisins in crushed pineapple. This cake is a favorite at our annual family reunions and at Christmastime. Recipe by Mrs. Eddie Robinson, Lawrenceburg, KY. ----