Amalgamation Cake Ii

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup raisins, ground
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 cup blackberry jam (or any flavor)
• 8 egg whites (reserve yolks for frosting)
• 8 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• one fourth cup butter
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 cup baker's angel flake sweetened coconut
• 1 cup raisins, ground
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f; grease, flour and line with parchment or waxed paper three 8" round cake pans.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar.
• 3 add the jam, spices, buttermilk and soda.
• 4 add the flour and mix until blended. beat the egg whites until stiff; gently fold into batter.
• 5 turn into prepared cake pans.
• 6 bake for 35-40 minutes.
• 7 when done, turn out onto cooling grid.
• 8 when completely cooled, frost.
• 9 while the cake is baking, make the frosting.
• 10 mix all frosting ingredients and cook in a double boiler for 15 minutes.
• 11 add a little cream to thin if it gets too thick.