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Ingredients
| buttermilk: 2 cups |
| baking soda: 2 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 2 cups |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 4 cups |
| ground nutmeg: 1 tsp |
| ground cloves: 1 tsp |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
| salted butter: 1/2 cup |
| blackberries: 1 cup (fresh) |
| seedless raisins (packed): 1 cup |
Mam's Black Cake
Credit: AllRecipes
User rating:
"This recipe came from my 90-year-old grandmother's handwritten recipe collection."
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
30 serving(s)
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Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round cake layer pans.
- Dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk.
- Combine the sugar, 3 1/2 cups of the flour, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, ground cinnamon and the butter. Stir in the buttermilk mixture.
- Toss the blackberries and raisins with the remaining 1/2 cup of flour to coat. Mix in the blackberries and the raisins into the batter and stir until evenly distributed. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cakes comes out clean.