1 c. butter
3 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1 tsp. ground allspice
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 c. buttermilk
2 tsp. baking soda
4 eggs
1 c. black berry jam

Cream butter and sugar. Add flour and spice mixture alternately with eggs. Add soda to buttermilk. Add jam last. This is a four layer cake. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

ICING (suggest caramel) :

Melt 1/2 cup butter. Add cup firmly packed brown sugar. Stir over low heat 2 minutes. Add 1/4 cup milk. Continue until it fizzles. Set aside to cool. Add 10X sugar, 1 1/4 to 2 cups. May need more icing for such a large cake. Bake for Christmas!