Kentucky Jam Cake Recipes

KENTUCKY BOURBON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
• Soak raisins and cherries in 2 cups of bourbon or whiskey for 48 hours. Before making cake, drain well and reserve the bourbon.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour, nutmeg and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, cream butter with the white sugar. In a separate small bowl, cream yolks and brown sugar until very light.
• In a very large bowl, combine the two sugar mixtures and blend well.
• Alternately add flour mixture and reserved bourbon in three stages, mixing well with each addition.
• Add soaked fruit and fold in. Add nuts and fold in.
• In a clean medium bowl, whip egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter until evenly distributed.
• Pour into prepared 10 inch tube pan. Place a pan of water in the bottom of the oven and bake for 4 to 5 hours at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Ovens vary, so watch the baking time. Test cake with wooden pick. (May take longer than 5 hours).
• Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before turning out. When almost cool, brush sides and inside hole heavily with bourbon. Wrap cake with bourbon soaked cheesecloth, then with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight and saturate again with bourbon. Cover with plastic wrap and then with foil and store for at least 2 weeks in a cool dry place.

KENTUCKY BLACKBERRY JAM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Place cake mix, jam, buttermilk, oil, cinnamon and eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat on low speed 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and beat 1 1/2 minutes longer or until smooth. Fold nuts into batter.
• 2. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 34 minutes. or until cake tests done.
• 3. Cool on wire racks 10 minutes, then remove from pans. Let the layers cool completely on the racks before frosting. Frost with cream cheese frosting or caramel frosting.

OLD-FASHIONED JAM CAKE

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.

KENTUCKY JAM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl, add eggs and beat again.
• 2. Sift dry ingredents together 3 times; Add to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• 3. Fold in Jam. Pour into 2 greased 9-inch cakepan.
• 4. Bake at 350 degrees about 35-45 minutes.Or untill golden brown.
• 5. Cool in pans 10 minutes.
• 6. Remove from pans and complete cooling on wire racks. Yiel one 9-inch cake.
• 7. We use Carmeol Cream Icing, but you can use what you like.

JAM CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Fold jam (or preserves) into cake mixture.
• Turn into well-greased tube (angel food) or bundt pan.
• Bake at 300 deg F for 15 minutes, then raise heat to 350 deg F and bake 45 minutes.
• Let cool 15 minutes.
• Sift powdered sugar over it while still warm.

KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, mix the flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Blend in buttermilk, 1 cup of butter, 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 4 eggs. Beat for 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Prick holes in the still warm cake. Slowly pour sauce over cake. Let cake cool before removing from pan.
• To Make Butter Sauce: In a saucepan combine the remaining 3/4 cups sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and the water. Cook over medium heat, until fully melted and combined, but do not boil.

KENTUCKY BLACKBERRY JAM CAKE

Steps:

• Place cake mix, jam, buttermilk, oil, cinnamon and eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat on low speed 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and beat 1 1/2 minutes longer or until smooth.
• Fold nuts into batter.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 34 minutes or until the tops spring back when lightly pressed with a finger.
• Cool on wire racks 10 minutes, then remove from pans.
• Let the layers cool completely on wire racks.
• When layers are cool, frost with a cream cheese, caramel or lemon frosting.