Quick And Deeelish Jam Cake With Caramel Frosting

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package spice cake mix (duncan hines)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup applesauce (plain)
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup blackberry jam (smuckers)
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1 stick (no substitutes or it will fail)
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk (pet)
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 3 prepare three 8" or two 9" round cake pans.
• 4 mix the cake mix and cinnamon together.
• 5 add the buttermilk, applesauce, vegetable oil, eggs, and jam.
• 6 mix thoroughly.
• 7 fold in the raisins and nuts.
• 8 pour batter into pans.
• 9 bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until they spring back when touched lightly in the middle.
• 10 cool for 10 minutes in the pan; invert cakes onto wire cooling racks.
• 11 set aside and prepare frosting.
• 12 frosting:.
• 13 use the butter wrapper to grease the inside of a saucepan.
• 14 over medium heat melt butter and brown sugar together; bring to a boil.
• 15 stir and boil for 2 minutes exactly.
• 16 stir in evaporated milk; bring to boil.
• 17 remove from heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla.
• 18 beat until smooth and creamy.
• 19 not only do i double the recipe, but at the end i put it in a mixing bowl before it cools down and beat it with a mixer. when it starts cooling it will get thicker, so frost cake before it hardens.
• 20 i made seven of these yesterday, wrapped them in plastic wrap after they cooled, put them in cake boxes with a bow and a tag and they made wonderful (and very appreciated) presents for family and friends.
• 21 enjoy, and please let me know if you enjoy them as much as we do!