Quick and Deeelish Jam Cake With Caramel Frosting

photo by MsPam

- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
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The Cake
- 1 (18 ounce) package spice cake mix (Duncan Hines)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1⁄3 cup applesauce (plain)
- 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup blackberry jam (Smuckers)
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
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Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, 1 stick (NO substitutes or it will fail)
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup evaporated milk (Pet)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
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CAKE:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Prepare three 8" or two 9" round cake pans.
- Mix the cake mix and cinnamon together.
- Add the buttermilk, applesauce, vegetable oil, eggs, and jam.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Fold in the raisins and nuts.
- Pour batter into pans.
- Bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until they spring back when touched lightly in the middle.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan; invert cakes onto wire cooling racks.
- Set aside and prepare frosting.
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FROSTING:
- Use the butter wrapper to grease the inside of a saucepan.
- Over medium heat melt butter and brown sugar together; bring to a boil.
- Stir and boil for 2 minutes exactly.
- Stir in evaporated milk; bring to boil.
- Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Beat until smooth and creamy.
- Not only do I double the recipe, but at the end I put it in a mixing bowl before it cools down and beat it with a mixer. When it starts cooling it will get thicker, so frost cake before it hardens.
- I made seven of these yesterday, wrapped them in plastic wrap after they cooled, put them in cake boxes with a bow and a tag and they made WONDERFUL (and very appreciated) presents for family and friends.
- Enjoy, and please let me know if you enjoy them as much as we do!
Reviews
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I don't actually like jam cake :), but I made this for Christmas because my Mom loves jam cake and she has regretted the loss of my Granny's jam cake recipe since Granny passed away 15 years ago. I like to cook but I very rarely cook from "scratch," so I went looking for a relatively simple recipe that wa well-rated, and found this one. I made it, and didn't tell my mother ahead of time that it started with a cake mix. She took one bite and declared it "the BEST jam cake I've ever had!!!" So I guess that's a pretty good endorsement. :) From my perspective, I thought this was a very easy recipe and I will happily make this a part of my Christmas baking tradition for my Mom's sake. I did not use the frosting recipe listed here; I used another Caramel Frosting recipe (#68208) on this site that I had made before. I also used Betty Crocker spice cake mix and a local farm's blackberry jam, and Sun-Maid's baking raisins (extra-moist). I used an 8 inch round pan and made 3 layers. It made a very pretty cake.