Countdown to Christmas
From Pinwheel Quilting

18 Days til Christmas

This cake is a great holiday cake.  I plan on making
  one this year.

Jam Cake

   2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
   1 cup butter or margarine
   8 egg yolks, beaten
   4 cups flour
   1 tablespoon cinnamon
   1 teaspoon cloves
   1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
  8 egg whites
  1 box seedless raisins
  1 cup chopped nuts
  1 quart blackberry (or other) jam
  1 cup buttermilk
  1 teaspoon baking soda

Cream butter until fluffy, add sugars gradually and cream
together until light and fluffy, add egg yolks.  Sift and
measure flour, add cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt and
sift together 4 times.  Save a little flour mixture out to dredge
nuts and raisins.  Add to the creamed butter-sugar mixture.
Beat egg whites to a soft peak stage and fold in.  Add raisins,
nuts, jam and buttermilk, in which the soda has been
dissolved.  Prepare four 9 inch layer pans by lining the
bottoms with wax paper,  lightly greased.  Divide the batter
enenly.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes, test
with straw for doneness.  Cool, remove from pan and frost
with caramel icing.

Caramel Icing

1/2 cup butter, melted
   1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
About 3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Add brown sugar to melted butter in pan, bring to boil.
Stir and cook about 1 minute, until slightly thick.
Cool slightly.
Add milk and beat smooth.
Beat in confectioners' sugar, adding gradually until
    icing is of spreading consistency.

Enjoy!
Happy Holiday,
Carol