50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Strawberry Jam Cake

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Strawberry Jam Cake

From the Kitchen of: Suzie Dale
Source: The Junior League of Houston

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease three 8-inch cake pans.
Cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg yolks.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing well. Stir in vanilla and maple flavoring.
Fold in strawberry jam. Gently fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until done.
Invert onto wire racks, remove pans and let cool. Frost with Brown Sugar Icing.

In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, white sugar, butter and cream and cook to a soft ball stage.
Remove from heat and allow to cool for 6 minutes. (Cook a little longer if not stiff enough to spread. Add more cream if too thick to spread.) Stir in pecans and vanilla.
Makes enough icing to fill and frost three 8-inch layers.