Texas Jam Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. margarine or butter Crisco
1 c. sugar
5 eggs
1 (16 oz.) jar red plum jam
1 c. strawberry preserves
3 c. all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ground allspice
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 c. buttermilk
Maple Frosting (recipe below)
chopped nuts (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
In a large mixer bowl, beat margarine and sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in jam and preserves.
Stir together dry ingredients; add alternately with buttermilk to jam mixture. Turn into well-greased and floured pans (three 9-inch pans).
Bake for 40 minutes, or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.
Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans.
Cool completely.
Frost with Maple Frosting.
Garnish with nuts, if desired.