Blackberry Jam Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 c. blackberry jam or seedless blackberry preserves
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 c. pecans
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. soda
1 c. Angel Flake coconut
1 c. dates
1 c. raisins

Preparation

Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
Sift flour, cinnamon, soda and salt together.
Add flour mixture and buttermilk to creamed mixture.
Next, add blackberry jam.
Add fruit last (dust with wee bit of flour to keep from going to bottom of pan).
Bake in 300\u00b0 oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.