Strawberry Jam Cake

When you are already grilling outside in the summer, these fruit kabobs make a wonderful dessert. While you eat your steaks or hamburgers, these can be cooking. a great topping for vanilla ice cream.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Additional Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 10
Yield: 1 8-inch layer cake

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups cake flour
  2. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  3. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  4. ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  5. ½ teaspoon sea salt
  6. 1 cup strawberry jam
  7. ½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
  8. 1 cup white sugar
  9. ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  10. 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  11. 1 ½ cups heavy cream
  12. 1 (12 ounce) bag dark chocolate chips
  13. ¼ cup sliced almonds, toasted

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
  2. Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and sea salt together in a bowl to distribute well.
  3. Stir jam and buttermilk together in another bowl.
  4. Cream sugar and butter together in a separate bowl until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Blend in the eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture in 2 parts, alternating with buttermilk and jam mixture in 2 parts. Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until centers are slightly firm and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool the cakes in their pans for 30 minutes; remove and let cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes more.
  6. Meanwhile, bring cream to a simmer over medium-low heat. Place chocolate chips in a bowl; pour hot cream on top. Let sit, without stirring, for 5 minutes. Stir in concentric circles until ganache is smooth. Let cool.
  7. Spread a thin layer of chocolate ganache on cooled cake layers; assemble and frost the top and sides. Sprinkle with toasted almonds.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 671 kcal
Carbohydrate 90 g
Cholesterol 130 mg
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Protein 6 g
Saturated Fat 22 g
Sodium 265 mg
Sugars 53 g
Fat 35 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

 

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