Jam Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening (butter)
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1 c. buttermilk
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda
2 tsp. allspice
3 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 c. nuts
1 c. jam
1 c. raisins

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar together; add beaten eggs.
Sift flour; add to spices and salt.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk; add this and flour mixture alternately to egg-sugar mixture.
Add jam and nuts. Bake in 325\u00b0 oven for about 2 hours if in tube pan; about 40 minutes if in layer pans.