Mrs ThelmaS Jam Cake

Ingredients

• 12 c butter or Crisco
• 12 c chopped raisins
• 1 tsp soda
• 12 tsp cloves
• 3 eggs separated
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 c light brown sugar
• 2 c plain flour
• 3 Tbsp sour milk
• 1 c blackberry jam

Directions

1. Cream the shortening
2. Add sugar gradually cream until light and fluffy
3. Beat egg yolks add to creamed mixture
4. Sift together the soda nutmeg cloves cinnamon and flour
5. Combine jam and sour milk
6. Add dry sifted ingredients and jam mixture to the creamed mixture
7. Add raisins
8. Beat egg whites until stiff fold into batter
9. Divide the batter equally into 2 8-inch cake pans
10. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes