Grandma's Jam Cake Recipe

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Grandma's Jam Cake
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Ingredients
20
Count
Nutrition
1597
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cake:.
  2. 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.
  3. Cream shortening and sugars.
  4. Add eggs, jam, and vanilla. Mix well.
  5. Sift all dry ingredients and add to the creamed sugar mixture. Mix well.
  6. Add buttermilk and nuts and mix by hand.
  7. 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.
  8. Icing:.
  9. 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.
  10. Mix all the icing ingredients using a mixer. It will be a stiff icing.
  11. 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.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1596.73 Kcal (6685 kJ)
Calories from fat 761.35 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 84.59g 130%
Cholesterol 76.96mg 26%
Sodium 2163.02mg 90%
Potassium 2104.08mg 45%
Total Carbs 243.8g 81%
Sugars 98.56g 394%
Dietary Fiber 6.93g 28%
Protein 19.02g 38%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 3.7mg 21%
Calcium 256mg 26%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 438.7 Kcal (1837 kJ)
Calories from fat 209.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.24g 130%
Cholesterol 21.14mg 26%
Sodium 594.28mg 90%
Potassium 578.09mg 45%
Total Carbs 66.98g 81%
Sugars 27.08g 394%
Dietary Fiber 1.91g 28%
Protein 5.23g 38%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 1mg 21%
Calcium 70.3mg 26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 38.2
    Points
  • 49
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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