Best Grandmas Jam Cake Recipes
GRANDMA'S JAM CAKE
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
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
OLD-FASHIONED JAM CAKE
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
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
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
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
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