Ada's Jam Cake

5 eggs - beaten
2 c sugar
3 c flour
1 c butter
1 c buttermilk
1 t soda
1/4 t salt
1/2 t cinnamon
1 1/2 t cloves
1 1/2 t allspice
1 c raisins - soak in hot water (or Donna's favorite 1 T rum, but I doubt Ada would have liked this)
1 c walnuts or other nuts
1 pint blackberry jam

Disolve soda in buttermilk. Cream butter and add sugar. Add eggs. Mix spices together. Dust nuts and raisins with flour. Mix speces alternately with butter mixture. When mixed well add jam, raisins and nuts. Bake in tube pan for 1 hour at 325.

Icing
1 c brown sugar
1/4 c milk
1 stick butter
2 c powdered sugar

Let brown sugar, milk and butter come to a boil. Beat in powdered sugar. Spread on cake.

Double recipes for 3 layer cake.