1/2 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Butter or Margarine
2 Large Eggs
1 Cup Unbleached All-purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1/3 Cup Butter/Sour Milk
1/2 Cup Seedless Blackberry Jam
1/4 Cup Chopped Walnuts
2 Tablespoons Butter or Margarine
1/2 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
3 Tablespoons Milk
1 3/4 Cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
Cream together sugar and butter or margarine. Beat in eggs.
Stir together flour, and spices; add to
creamed mixture alternately with butter/sour milk, beating until well
blended after each addition. Fold in blackberry jam or preserves
and nuts leaving swirls of jam. (DO NOT OVERMIX) Turn into
greased and lightly floured 9 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350
degree F. oven 25
minutes or until done. Cool completely. Frost with Carmel
Icing.
CARMEL ICING:
In small saucepan, melt butter or margarine; stir in brown sugar.
Cook stirring constantly, til
mixture bubbles; remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes. Stir
in milk and blend in powdered sugar;
beat til spreading consistancy is reached.