Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 whole eggs
1 c. blackberry jam
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. glazed cherries
1 c. chopped raisins
1 c. mashed potatoes
1 1/2 c. shredded coconut
1 tsp. allspice
3/4 c. buttermilk
2 oz. brandy or brandy flavoring
1 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1 tsp. soda
a little salt

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, beating well after each addition.
Add jam, walnuts, cherries, raisins, potatoes, coconut and allspice.
Stir in buttermilk.
Add brandy.
Add sifted flour with soda and salt and fold into the batter until smooth.
Bake in two or three layers or in a tube pan in a 250\u00b0 oven (slow) for about 1 1/2 hours or until done.
Use any preferred icing with nuts.