Recipe

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• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cocoa
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1 cup blackberry jam
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp butter softened
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa, cinnamon and allspice.
• 2 Dissolve soda in buttermilk stirring well.
• 3 Cream butter and sugar beating well then add egg yolks and beat mixture well.
• 4 Mix flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture.
• 5 Begin and end with flour then fold in jam and pour batter into greased and floured tube pan.
• 6 Bake at 350 for 45 minutes then cool in pan 15 minutes.
• 7 Remove from pan and cool completely.
• 8 Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, butter and vanilla then beat until mixture is smooth.
• 9 Spoon over cooled cake.