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Blue Spice Rombauer Jam Cake

Blue Spice Rombauer Jam Cake is adapted by Becky Hoff from the 1975 edition of Joy of Cooking, the well-known cookbook by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker.
Photo credit: https://www.woodenearth.com/blogs/wooden-blog/difference-between-cutlery-and-crockery
Servings 1 7-inch cake

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder sifted
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda sifted
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves sifted
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon sifted
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg sifted
  • 6 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar packed
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1 cup blueberry, raspberry or blackberry jam
  • 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans, almonds or walnuts
  • For the quick brown-sugar icing:
  • 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
  • 5 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 2 teaspoons butter softened
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Butter a 7-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  • Cream butter and brown sugar until light.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  • Beat in sour cream.
  • Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until barely blended.
  • Stir in jam and nuts.
  • Pour into buttered pan.
  • Bake until done, about 30 minutes.
  • When cool, invert the cake onto a platter and ice with quick brown-sugar icing.
  • Make the icing:
    Combine brown sugar, cream, butter, and salt and cook slowly to the boiling point. Remove from heat. Cool slightly, then add vanilla. Beat the icing until it can be spread.