Mam's Black Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup fresh blackberries
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour three 8 inch round cake layer pans.
• dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk.
• combine the sugar, 3 1/2 cups of the flour, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, ground cinnamon and the butter. stir in the buttermilk mixture.
• toss the blackberries and raisins with the remaining 1/2 cup of flour to coat. mix in the blackberries and the raisins into the batter and stir until evenly distributed. pour batter into the prepared pans.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 25 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cakes comes out clean.